RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS PART VII BS 1

TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS

Traditional people celebrate a lot of festivals. During  festivals they give food and drinks to the gods and ancestors and thank them for their protection during the past year. They ask for their help and good things as they enter into a new year.

ABOAKYER FESTIVAL

The Aboakyer festival is a bush buck hunting festival celebrated by the people of Winnebago in the Central Region of Ghana. The name Aboakyer means hunting for game or animal.

The festival is celebrated on the first Saturday in May. On the first day of the festival, the two Asafo companies ( warriors group) in Winneba takes part in a hunting expedition.

The first troop to catch a live bush buck from the game reserve used for this purpose and present it to the chiefs and people, at a colourful durbar is declared winners and highly regarded for bravery.

The bush buck is sacrifies to the gods. The festival is used to receive a productive harvest and spiritual guidance from the gods for the coming year.


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EXERCISE

Choose the correct answer
1. Aboakyer is celebrated by the people of Winneba..........
(a) True         (b) False

2. The groups of peoples that go to hunt for the animal are called............
(a) dancing group      (b) Asafo group

3. Aboakyer simply means..............
(a) hunting for animal      (b) killing animal

4. During the festival the people pray for spiritual guidance from the gods........
(a) True          (b) False

5. The festival is celebrated on the first Saturday in...............
(a) June        (b) May