The Fiok festival (also known as Feok Festival) is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sandema in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the month of December every year.
The Fiok festival (also known as Feok Festival) is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sandema in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the month of December every year. 1
Celebration
War dancers from different villages in the region perform on stage. They are armed with bows and arrows, short axes, shields and spears to relive scenes from wars from the previous years. There are also scenes of resistance and how Babatu was defeated. 1
Significance
The festival has become very significant in the area of Builsa in current times. It is claimed to have given a true sense of identity and solidarity to the builsa tribe. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Fiok festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Fiok festival is festival in Ghana by the Sandema people, 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
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2
