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The festival is celebrated in the month of Damba, the third month of Dagomba calendar. The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the rich heritage, history and chieftaincy of Dagbon and related kingdoms. Dagbon is the birthplace of centralized kingdoms, chieftaincy and royalty in both Ghana and Burkina Faso.
World Damba Festival is an enactment of the Damba festival of Northern Ghana by Ghanaians living in other parts of the world. World Damba festival was first celebrated in 1999 in Louisville, Kentucky. [1] [2] London hosted the event in 2012. Other cities that have hosted the festival include Boston in Massachusetts, Amsterdam, and Brussels. [3]
The people of Ghana's Dagbon Kingdom celebrate a number of festivals. Festivals held in Dagbon include the Bugum festival (fire festival), Damba, and Kpini (festival of Guinea fowl). Additionally, there is the Chimsi festival and Konyuri chuɣu (Festival of Breaking the Fast). [53]
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; Dzohayem (Osudoku, Greater Accra) Edina Buronya Festival; Eiok (War Festival) Fetu Afahye; Fiok ( Sandema by the ...
Kennedy Johnson was 15 years old when she gave birth to a baby girl in a Detroit foster home for teen moms, in February 1996. Twenty-five years later, when Johnson found herself in northern Ghana ...
Bugum Chugu is a typical traditional festival celebrated with traditional and local tools such as torches and the celebrants dress like warriors and they often carry cudgels and cutlasses along. They play and dance ziem as they celebrate the festival. On the night of the festival, people gather in mosques for prayers.
Celebrants in smock during the 2023 World Damba Festival in Germany. Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama meeting a foreign leader in a smock. A boy wearing a heavy smock A man wearing a light smock A sleeveless smock in display. The Ghanaian Smock or Tani is a fabric worn by both women and men in Ghana. [1]
Dagbani music and dance is a core tradition of the Dagbamba of West Africa. The Dagbamba speak the Dagbanli language. They are the dominant ethnic group in the kingdom of Dagbon found in the Northern Region of Ghana. [1]