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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.
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]
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 traditional festival in Ho is the Asogli Yam Festival, which is celebrated around September of every year. [6] Ho has a lively and huge open market that attracts people from all over the Volta Region and migrants from Togo. [6] There are numerous churches in the Ho municipality, including the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ho. [6]
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.
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 ...
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Dioscorea esculenta, commonly known as the lesser yam, is a yam species native to Island Southeast Asia and introduced to Near Oceania and East Africa by early Austronesian voyagers. It is grown for their edible tubers , though it has smaller tubers than the more widely-cultivated Dioscorea alata and is usually spiny.