1. African Celebrations
By Imogen

3. 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

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

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

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

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

8. 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

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

10. Festival of the desert- Mali
The next is in January 2014
desert.org/index2.cfm?m=3

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

12. Thanks for listening
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