APOO FESTIVAL

PERIOD        March/April depending on the traditional calendar of the people.

Place            This festival is celebrated by the people of Techiman and Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region.

ACTIVITIES  It involves purification of the people in the two traditional areas to rid them of social evils.

SIGNIFICANCE

                   It is to gain favour from royal ancestors to ensure bumper harvest at the end of the year. 

KWAFIE  FESTIVAL

PERIOD        It is a week-long celebration held in November and December.

PLACE          Kwafie festival is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Dormaa, Berekum and Nsoatre Traditional areas in the Brong Ahafo Region.

ACTIVITIES  It is a purification ceremony, the highlights of which are large bonfires in the courtyards of the chiefs.

SIGNIFICANCE

                   A purification ceremony, the highlight of which is a large bonfire in the courtyard of the chief.  It is believed that the Dormaas brought fire to Ghana and the legend is symbolically represented in a bonfire. 

FORDJOUR  (YAM FESTIVAL)

PERIOD        It is celebrated in the months of August and September.

PLACE          This yam festival is celebrated annually by the chiefs and people of Badu in the Wenchi District of Brong Ahafo Region.

SIGNIFICANCE     

                   The festival ushers in the new yam. 

SASABOBIRIM FESTIVAL

PERIOD        it is celebrated in November

PLACE          This festival is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Awuah Domase near Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region.

ACTIVITIES  A week-long annual festival of the people of Awuah Domase.

SIGNIFICANCE

                   It is celebrated in rememberance of their brave chief who joined Yaa Asantewaa to fight the Europeans in the early part of the 20th century.