Festivals in Ghana are celebrated for many reasons pertaining to a particular tribe or culture. Festivals in Ghana usually have backgrounds relating to an occurrence in the history of their culture. Examples. of such occurrences have been hunger, migration, purification of either gods or stools, etc.
Reasons for celebrating festivals
The importance of its celebration includes:
Planning developmental project: The festival is one of the occasions used to meet and plan developmental projects in the area since most citizens are likely to attend.
Purification of gods: The period is used to clean ancestral stools and perform important rites.
Thanksgiving: It is used to thank the supreme God and the lesser gods for the guidance and protection
National and political significance: Prominent people in the government are invited to explain government policies and programs.
Dispute resolution: The occasion is used to settle family and individual disputes for peaceful co-existing.
The territory of present-day Ghana has been inhabited for millennia, with the first permanent state dating back to the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful was the Kingdom of Ashanti. Beginning in the 15th century, numerous European powers contested the area for trading rights, with the British ultimately establishing control of the coast by the late 19th century. Following over a century of native resistance, Ghana's current borders were established by the 1900s as the British Gold Coast. In 1957, it became the first sub-saharan African nation to declare independence from European colonisation.