1.  BOBUM OR DIPO FESTIVAL:

Dipo is celebrated in april by the people of Manya and Yilo Krobo in the towns of Krobo Odumase and Somanya, about 80 kilometers north of Accra. The mode of celebration is that, adolescent girls are adorned in beautiful beads and half-clothed.  The festival initiates such girls into womanhood.

2.  ODWIRA AND OHUM FESTIVALS:

Akuapem Odwira and Ohum Festivals, two of the famous and most important cultural festivals celebrated in the country, are celebrated in turns by the chains of towns on the Akuapem Ridge.  These festivals commence in September and end in January every year.  The ceremonies include purification of the stools, reaffirmation of political loyalties and traditional allegiance.  Each of these festivals is crowned with a colourful durbar of chiefs and people of the area/town concerned.  Culture is seen at its best during these festive occasions. 

3.  NGMAYEM FESTIVAL: 

This is the annual traditional harvest and thanksgiving festival of the Krobo people.  It is celebrated in March-April by the people of Manya and Yilo Krobo.

4.  AKWANTUKESE FESTIVAL:

This festival is celebrated by the Chiefs and people of New Juaben Traditional Area in the first week of November each year. It is a period of consecration of black stools, invocation of the blessing of ancestral spirits and show of appreciation to the gods for their guidance. A colourful durbar of chiefs is marked to climax the celebrations. 

5.  BEGORO ODWIRA FESTIVAL (AHWIE): It is an occasion for dedicated worship of great titular gods and goddesses of the nation, the period for the cleansing of filth and purification of sacred stools, which are the symbol of togetherness of the people and also, the time to manifest allegiance to hallowed stool occupants. The ceremony marks the peak of a general sense of unity for strength, hard work for prosperity and above all, loyalty and service to the state.

6. OHUM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL:

PLACE        Akyem (Abuakwa Traditional area)

PERIOD    The festival is celebrated twice a year.  These are known as OhumKan and OhumKyire and celebrated in June/July and September/October respectively.

SIGNIFICANCE: Marking the anniversary of the Akyem Nation: worshipping of the ancestral stools and the spirits of those who formerly occupied them. The celebration is also to mark the first harvest (yam) of the year and to ask for blessings for the coming year.

MODE OF CELEBRATION

The duration of the festival is 2 days (Tuesday-Wednesday).  Two weeks before the festival, a ban is placed on drumming, dancing and noise making.  Monday preceding the Tuesday, everybody goes to the farm to bring home the first harvest of the year and to have plenty of food in the house for the duration of the celebrations.

7.    KLOYO SIKPLEMI FESTIVAL

PLACE        Somanya

PERIOD        November

SIGNIFICANCE:   Paying of homage to ancestral home of the Krobo mountains.

MODE OF CELEBRATION:    Communal labour, pilgrimage to the Krobo mountains, Burbar.

ORIGIN        It refers to the eviction of the Krobos from the Krobo mountains in 1892 by the then British colonial government.  The event is marked every year with an expedition to the top of the mountain to pay homage to their ancestral home. 

The Krobo, made up of Yilo Krobo and Manya Krobo, form one large ethnic group among the Dangme people.  The Yilo Krobos stay at Somanya and its suburbs and the Manya Krobo reside around Odumase. 

8.  ODWIRA FESTIVAL

PLACE            Aburi, Akropong-Akwapim, Larteh, Amanorkrom, Ahwerase

PERIOD          September/October

SIGNIFICANCE

Annual thanksgiving to God for his merciful care and protection; customary purification of the land and people by the chiefs and priests for the spiritual and social renewal to face the trials and triumphs of another year; Reaffirmation of loyalties within the traditional administrative set-up and patching up of misunderstandings among families; mourning of those who passed away in the year and feeding with the brave ancestors of Akwapem who are deemed to be present on such occasions; Promotion and presentation of cultural values. 

MODE OF CELEBRATION 

This festival is mainly the dramatization of Akwapem sacred   Oman . It involves the re-staging of some of the antiquated historical episodes like traditional military tactics.  Other activities include path clearing to Amamprobi for  safe travel home; lifiting of forty days ban on noise making, state mourning for departed souls and feeding the ancestors at Nsorem.  There is also a splendid cultural parade of chiefs and a Grand Durbar.  A great deal of emphasis is laid on music, dancing and feasting. 

The Akuapem Odwira festival was instituted by the 19th Omanhene of Akropong, Nana Addo Dankwa I (1811-1835) and first celebrated in October 1826.  This followed the capture of the artefacts (pertaining to the celebration of Odwira) by Akwapem forces from the hitherto invincible Ashanti army during the historic battle of Katamansu near Dodowa in 1826.