Apafram Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Akwamu in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is celebrated in the month of January.
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Apafram Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Akwamu in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is celebrated in the month of January. 1
Celebrations
During the festival, there is a durbar of chiefs. The leaders of the community ride in palanquins. There is also drumming and dancing. 1
Significance
The festival is celebrated to forge bondage with the ancestors of the people and ask them for protection. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Apafram Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Apafram Festival is Festival of the Akwamus in Eastern region, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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