The Kente Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Bonwire in the Ejisu-Juaben district in the Ashanti region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January.
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The Kente Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Bonwire in the Ejisu-Juaben district in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
Ghana
Placed on record in Ghana.
03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
CelebrationsIt is celebrated to promote and mark the invention of the Kente industry in the town of Bonwire.
SignificanceThe festival is commemorated to mark the origin of the Kente cloth in the town of Bonwire which was invented over 300 years ago.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Kente Festival in plain words?
The Kente Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Bonwire in the Ejisu-Juaben district in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
Where is Kente Festival practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Kente Festival in Ghana.
What is the current condition of Kente Festival today?
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How do I cite or share this Kente Festival entry?
Cite as: "Kente Festival." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/kente-festival, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The Kente Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Bonwire in the Ejisu-Juaben district in the Ashanti region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January. Others also claim it is celebrated in July or August. 1
Celebrations
It is celebrated to promote and mark the invention of the Kente industry in the town of Bonwire. The festival also intends to assert the influence of the Kente as cloth from Ghana. The chiefs and the inhabitants of Bonwire wear Kente clothes and various designs they sewn. 1
Significance
The festival is commemorated to mark the origin of the Kente cloth in the town of Bonwire which was invented over 300 years ago. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Kente Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Kente Festival is Festival of Bonwire 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
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