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Dawu, Ghana

Dawu is a town in the Okere District Eastern Region of Ghana.[1] It shares border with Abiriw and Awukugua[2]

Dawu
Dawu
Location of Dawu in Eastern Region, Ghana
Coordinates: 5°59′N 0°05′W / 5.983°N 0.083°W / 5.983; -0.083
Country Ghana
RegionEastern Region
DistrictOkere District
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)GMT

Festival edit

The People of Dawu celebrate Ohum and this ceremony is usually held in December/January. Ohum is one of Ghana's many festivals that see attendance from people from all walks of life including the diaspora.[3][4][5]

The Ohum festival is celebrated to mark the beginning of harvesting new farm crops, just like the Homowo of the Gas, Ahoboa and Bakatue of the Ahantas, and Aboakyere of the Awutus and Afutus, Kundum of the Fantes, Adaekese of the Ashantis, Hogbotsotso of Anlo (Ewes), Dambaa of the Dagombas, and Appoo of Brong-Ahafo.

Ohumwas an ancient traditional festival of the people of Akuapem, particularly the Larteh and Okere people including Abiriw who are Guans.

Notable places and people edit

References edit

  1. ^ soccernet, ghana. "MP for Okere Constituency Hon. Dan Botwe pledges support for Premier League newcomers Dreams FC". ghanasoccernet.com. ghanasoccernet. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ "MPs". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  3. ^ "Bawumia Joins to Celebrate Ohum festival in Abiriw, Eastern Region". Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  4. ^ Mortey, Gershon (2017-11-06). "VIDEO+PHOTOS: Abiriw Ohum Festival Launched". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  5. ^ "Bawumia lists government's achievements during Ohum Festival". GhanaWeb. 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2021-06-21.


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