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Saba senegalensis, known as weda in the Moore, French, and English languages and ‘’madd’’ in Wolof and ‘’laare’’ in Pulaar, is a fruit-producing plant of the Apocynaceae [1] family, native to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. It has several common names in various West African languages.
Other festivals include the Damba Festival, Guinea Fowl (Kpini Chuɣu) Festival and Yam Festival (Nyuli Dibu), Konyuri Chuɣu (Eid Al-Fitr), Chimsi Chuɣu (Eid AL-Adha). [36] Other minor localized festivals that are celebrated included the Market Festival (Daa Chuɣu) by the people of Tolon. The Dagomba founded the Kingdom of Dagbon. [43]
The genus name Paretroplus is composed by the Greek Para (meaning similar to) and Etroplus (a closely related genus of Indian cichlids). [3] The Latin species name damii honors the naturalist Douwe Casparus van Dam (1827-1898). [4]
The name Damba is in Dagbani. Other variations include Damma in Mampruli and Jingbenti in Waali. 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 ...
Damba festival, celebrated in Nalerigu Tamale and Wa in the Northern and Upper West Regions of Ghana World Damba Festival, enactments of the Damba festival by Ghanaians living in other parts of the world. Damba Island, Lake Victoria, Uganda; Damba mipentina (Paretroplus maculatus), an endangered species of cichlid native to Madagascar
The family includes about 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in around 65 genera (35–75, depending on generic definition). Their distribution is pantropical . Many species produce edible fruits, or white blood-sap that is used to cleanse dirt, organically and manually, while others have other economic uses.
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]
Damballa is said to be the sky father and the primordial creator of all life, or the first thing created by the Bondye.In those Vodou societies that view Damballa as the primordial creator, he created the cosmos by using his 7000 coils to form the stars and the planets in the heavens and to shape the hills and valleys on Earth.