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Kente Festival

The Kente Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Bonwire in the Ejisu-Juaben district in the Ashanti region of Ghana.[1][2][3][4] It is usually celebrated in the month of January.[5] Others also claim it is celebrated in July or August.[6]

A Kente Festival

Celebrations

It is celebrated to promote and mark the invention of the Kente industry in the town of Bonwire.[7][8][9] The festival also intends to assert the influence of the Kente as cloth from Ghana.[6] The chiefs and the inhabitants of Bonwire wear Kente clothes and various designs they sewn.[1]

Significance

The festival is commemorated to mark the origin of the Kente cloth in the town of Bonwire which was invented over 300 years ago.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Festival | The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana, Berlin, Germany". Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  2. ^ "Bonwire Kente Festival to promote Ghana's culture". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  3. ^ "A/R: 2O19 Bonwire Kente Festival Launched". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  4. ^ "Bonwire Kente Weaving Village". touringghana.com. 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  5. ^ "Festivals Ghana - Easy Track Ghana". www.easytrackghana.com. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  6. ^ a b "Kente Festival – FIANDAD GHANA LIMITED". Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  7. ^ "Bonwire Kente Festival". Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  8. ^ "Visit Ghana | Colourful Bonwire Kente Festival Held". Visit Ghana. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2020-08-16.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Bonwire 'Kente' festival re-launched". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2020-08-16.


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