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Asogli Yam Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the people of Asogli in the Ho Municipality located in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is celebrated in September annually to celebrate the cultivation of yam that was started by a hunter who found the tuber in the forest during his hunting expedition.
Asogli Yam Festival; Atu-Ho-Akye (Ejisu, Ashanti Region) Ayimagonu Festival; Ayimagonu Festival; Bakatue festival; Beng Festival; Chale Wote Street Art Festival; Damba festival; Danso Abaim & Ntoa Fukokuese Festivals (Techimentia & Nkoranza, in the Brong Ahafo Region) Dipo Festival (Manya Krobo, Yilo Krobo, Eastern Region) Dzawuwu Festival
The Asorgli State hails the New Yam. The Asorgli State (French: État d'Asorgli) is a traditional area in the Volta Region of Ghana. It covers an area from Atimpoko in the west through Ho, to Aflao in the east. The traditional area has several Paramount Chiefs who swear allegiance to the Agbogbomefia - King of the AsÉ”gli State. [1]
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It is the annual culmination festival of the Akan calendar, the ninth Adae Festival (which occurs every six weeks). Adae Kese ushers in the New Year, with dates ranging between July and October, though some Akans like the Akim, Akwamu, and Ashanti celebrate New Year in January.
The harvest of yam and the celebration of the gods of the land through the New Yam festival is an epitome of the people's religious belief in the supreme deity. The coming of the new moon in August marks the preparation for the great "Iri Ji Ohu" festival, but the time and mode of preparation differs from community to community. [9] [14]
Homowo is celebrated in all the cities in the Ga state with celebrations climaxing in Gamashie.Prior to the actual celebration of the festival, Nmaadumo, a sowing rite of wheat takes place to mark the beginning of the Ga Calendar and the celebrations that occur within it.
Dioscorea dumetorum, also known as the bitter yam, cluster yam, trifoliate yam, or three-leaved yam, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the yam family, Dioscorea. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and especially common in the tropical regions of West Africa, including Nigeria, Benin, and Ghana. [2] D. dumetorum has both toxic and non-toxic ...