Glimetoto Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Adaklu Traditional Area in the Volta Region of Ghana. It comprises Kpeve, Klikor, and Tsohor. It is usually celebrated in the month of November.
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Glimetoto Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Adaklu Traditional Area in the Volta Region of Ghana. It comprises Kpeve, Klikor, and Tsohor. It is usually celebrated in the month of November. 1
Celebrations
During the festival, there is a grand durbar of chiefs where most settlements are held. They also show the bravery of their ancestors in the form of war songs, drums and dances. 1
Significance
The festival is celebrated to commemorate the exodus of the people of Adaklu from Notsie in Togoland to their current place of abode. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Glimetoto Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Glimetoto Festival is Festival of the Adaklu in Volta 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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