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SUMMARY:Edina Bakatue Festival
DESCRIPTION:Tradition has preserved for Edinaman and its generations a marvellously rich Annual Festival which is second to none\, captioned “Bakatue”. This festival has remained much treasured and constitutes the priceless cultural heritage of its citizens.\nBakatue is a festival of the people of Elmina township and its traditional area\, a geographical stool land more appropriately referred to as “EDINAMAN”.\nBakatue falls on the first Tuesday of July (the month of Ayewoho) each year. It is celebrated in honor of the founder of the central town Elmina\, the headquarters to Edina Traditional Area.
URL:https://blastours.com/event/edina-bakatue-festival/
LOCATION:Elmina\, Central Region\, Ghana
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230719
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SUMMARY:PrePanafest Activity 2023.
DESCRIPTION:SLAVE ROUTE PILGRIMAGE AND ATONEMENT CEREMONIES\nLeading up to the festival a 3-4day pilgrimage along the slave route mapped under the UNESCO slave route project will be offered as an option. Atonement ceremonies developed over the last few years  will be held. Sites of Memory  which hold the untold stories of  excruciating burden and tremendous resilience of the peoples of Northern Ghana will be the focus of this pilgrimage.
URL:https://blastours.com/event/prepanafest-activity-2023/
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230719
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SUMMARY:PANAFEST/ EMANCIPATION DAY 2023
DESCRIPTION:Organised by the PANAFEST Foundation in Collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority and the Leaders and People of the Central Region of Ghana. Under the Auspices of the Government of the Republic of Ghana.\nThe PANAFEST Festival was inspired by and takes its source from a paper written in 1980 entitled “Proposal for a Historical Drama Festival in Cape Coast” by Dr. Mrs. Efua Sutherland\, who was a distinguished Ghanaian Dramatist and Pan-Africanist. In 1991 the idea gained root and took shape in an expanded form as the Pan-African Historical Theater Festival (PANAFEST).
URL:https://blastours.com/event/panafest-emancipation-day-2023/
LOCATION:Cape Coast\, Cape Coast\, Ghana
CATEGORIES:Festivals
ORGANIZER;CN="PANAFEST Foundation":MAILTO:info@panafestghana.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230724
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SUMMARY:Wreath Laying and Tribute to the Pan A frican Pioneers
DESCRIPTION:WREATH LAYING & TRIBUTE TO THE PAN AFRICAN PIONEERS\nA major event for PANAFEST and Emancipation Day will consist of a Wreath laying programme and Tribute to the Pan African Pioneers in Accra beginning at the W.E.B. DuBois Centre for Pan African Culture and continuing to the George Padmore Library and ending up at the Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum.
URL:https://blastours.com/event/wreath-laying-and-tribute-to-the-pan-a-frican-pioneers/
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230724
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SUMMARY:Pan African Arts Market.
DESCRIPTION:A one-day pop up Pan African Market will be set up in the vicinity. This market will be prelude to the PANAFEST Expo and will feature artisans and creative brilliance (artefacts\, fashion\, natural cosmetics\, food\, drinks).
URL:https://blastours.com/event/pan-african-arts-market/
LOCATION:Chapel Square \, Cape Coast.\, Cape coast
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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SUMMARY:Colloquium\, Master Classes and Workshops.
DESCRIPTION:COLLOQUIUM\, LECTURES\, ASSEMBLIES and DIALOGUES\nWorking with the University of Cape Coast and other partners such as the HBCU’s and African Heritage Studies Association (AHSA)\, a colloquium is held based on the festival theme . A selection of papers presented and proceedings will be published. Internationally renowned speakers will be invited to address at the colloquium. The colloquium will feature major virtual sessions and will be streamed live\, accessible by event tickets.
URL:https://blastours.com/event/colloquium-master-classes-and-workshops/
LOCATION:Chapel Square \, Cape Coast.\, Cape coast
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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SUMMARY:Return Journey and Akwaaba Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:RETURN JOURNEY AND AKWAABA CEREMONY\nThe Programme will begin in the early morning with a gathering at the entrance of the Cape Coast Castle/Dungeon. A limited number of pre-selected Returnees will form a circle to invoke the spirit of the ancestors before proceeding to and through the “Door of No Return” to board canoes to begin the journey to Elmina “Castle” Fort\, where “it all began” \nUpon arrival\, the Chiefs and Elders of Edina will meet the “Returnees” at the shore and pour libations to thank the ancestors for a safe journey and for the “Return”. The returnees will be led to the forecourt of the Fort for the Akwaaba durbar with the Chiefs\, Queen Mothers and people of Edina. An atonement act and a traditional meal sharing of “Oto” (sacred mashed yam and eggs) between Diaspora returnees and Chiefs and Edinaman community members will be held. After the ceremony\, the Chiefs\, Elders and Diaspora family will process down the main street of Elmina Township to the Omanhen Palace to bring the commencement of PANAFEST to the attention of the public.
URL:https://blastours.com/event/return-journey-and-akwaaba-ceremony/
LOCATION:Cape Coast Castle\, Cape Coast\, Ghana
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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