African Celebrations By Imogen

Types of Celebrations There are two different types of celebration: Tradional such as: Harvest Religious Musical Cultural Modern such as: Sport Book fairs Racing Rally

Two Traditional Celebrations Ghana deer hunting festival Festival of the desert-Mali

Ghana deer hunting festival The deer festival is done to honour the god of the people of the Winneba called ‘Penkye Out’.

Ghana deer hunting festival The festival happens in May and it is very popular

Ghana deer hunting festival The people give God a gift-which is a deer which they catch with there hands

Festival of the desert- Mali This is a 3 day festival near a place called Timbuktu. It came from Touareg (twa-reg) festivals which were a place for decision making and exchange of information between the different communities

Festival of the desert- Mali 30 artistic groups are invited from around the world to present their work

Festival of the desert- Mali The next is in January 2014 http://www.festival-au- desert.org/index2.cfm?m=3

References http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/t ourism/aboakyer.php http://www.festival-au- desert.org/index.cfm?m=0&s=2

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