Sasadu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Sasadu communities of Alavanyo, Akrofu, Saviefe and Sovie. It is located in the Hohoe Municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana.
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Sasadu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Sasadu communities of Alavanyo, Akrofu, Saviefe and Sovie.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
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02 · Where & name
Ghana
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03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
CelebrationsDuring the festival, there is a grand durbar of chiefs as it is a festival of pomp and pageantry.
SignificanceIt is celebrated to rekindle the fraternal relationship existing between the four communities who claim to be of the same stock who migrated from Notsie in Togoland.
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What is Sasadu Festival in plain words?
Sasadu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Sasadu communities of Alavanyo, Akrofu, Saviefe and Sovie.
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The tradition & historical record
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Sasadu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Sasadu communities of Alavanyo, Akrofu, Saviefe and Sovie. It is located in the Hohoe Municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of October on rotational basis. SASADU is an acronym for Sovie, Alavanyo, Saviefe, Akrofu Development Union which marks the symbol of unity and peace among the four communities. 1
Celebrations
During the festival, there is a grand durbar of chiefs as it is a festival of pomp and pageantry. 1
Significance
It is celebrated to rekindle the fraternal relationship existing between the four communities who claim to be of the same stock who migrated from Notsie in Togoland. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sasadu Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Sasadu Festival is Festival of four communities in the 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
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2