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A post Christmas festival marked to satisfy the bond of friendship between the Dutch and the people of Elmina. A fish catching ritual is performed at the banks of the Brenya Lagoon.

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Carnival-like festival of masqueraders from around the country.

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The month when Black people celebrate their commonality.

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Durbar of chiefs to instill courage in the youth.

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Celebrate to rid society of social evils.

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The maiden edition of the former leisure and play activity among the Ghanaian youth. It involves the preparation and the flying of a kite in a competitive manner among Ghanaian youth from different part of the community.

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Celebrated on the first Saturday of May by the chiefs and people of Winneba, Central Region. The event begin with the testing of skills and courage of two traditional warrior groups who are to catch an antelope live from a nearby forest and present it to the paramount chief who sits in state. The animal is sacrificed to ensure good harvest Accompanied by brass band dancing performance etc. there is a colourful procession and durbar of chiefs and people through the town

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A festival of carnival-like torch procession amidst drumming and merry making.

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The festival symbolizes the beginning of the fishing season. Bakatue also commensurate the founding of the Edina (Elmina) town of the Central Region. It is celebrated annually on the first Tuesday of July. A colourful regatta of canoes on the Brenya Lagoon and procession of chiefs and people highlights the celebrations. A solemn 'net casting' ceremony symbolises the beginning of a new fishing season and the catch is offered to the deities of the area. This programme is popular with the African Americans

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Celebrated in Ghana in Solidarity with Africans in the Diaspora, other African nations, and Europeans to mark the abolition of slavery and to foster closer relations towards African development

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Originally linked with Islam to mark the birth of the prophet Mohammed. The festival has gradually taken on a traditional tone. The two-day event is full of pomp, pageantry and showmanship and is celebrated in the towns of Dogbon, Gonjaland, Mampursi and Nanumba land.

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Bi-annual Pan African Historical Festival of Arts and Culture. An event dedicated to the enhancement of the ideas of Pan-Africanism and the development of the Africa continent.

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Annual warriors festival celebrated by the people of Ada in the Greater Accra Region from the last Thursday of July to the first weekend of August. It commensurate the conquest of the territory during the 17th century by the ancestors of the inhabitants. The historic events are re-enacted with warriors dressed in traditional battle dress engaging in mock battles. The event also ushers in the harvest cycle for which special customs and ceremonies are performed including purification rites with a climax of durbar of chiefs and people accompanied by traditional military groups called "Asafo Companies" amidst drumming and dancing. The chiefs exchange greetings and libation is poured with the declaration of allegiance.

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Celebrated in August/September by the Gas of Accra to commerate bardships endured during their migration, which was followed by a bumper harvest in grain and fish. The main highlight of the month long festival is a special dish prepared from ground corn, steamed and mixed with palm oil soup. Prayer for a peaceful and prosperous year are offered amidst drumming, dancing and sprinkling of the festival meal "kpokpoi" by the chief accompanied by the pouring of libation at ancestral shines, cemeteries and religious sites to venerate and praise their ancestors.

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Celebrated in most Akwapim towns highlighting the purification of traditional stools and performance of rites. Libation is poured to the gods for prosperity and well being of the people during the coming year. There is a durbar of chief s and people accompanied by drumming and dancing mainly in the month of September and October.

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Celebrated annually on the first Saturday of September in Cape Coast traditional are and characterized by a durbar of Chiefs, a procession of traditional warrior groups; numerous social organisations with every member adorned in rich and colourful clothes, some of which depict a fusion of Fante and European cultures sustained over the years. Customary rites are performed for the seventy- Seven 77 deities of the area for their blessings.

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In all cases the festivals are celebrated to offer thanksgiving to the ancestors for their blessing and protection, and to solicit their guidance and help in the ensuring years. This is usually done by performing traditional rites and purification to propitiate and venerate the ancestors.

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Celebrated on the first Saturday in November to commemorate the successful exodus of the Anlo people from captivity in Notsie in Togo by walking backwards out of the clutches of tyrannical ruler. The ceremony include peace making periods where outstanding problems are resolved, purification of traditional stool, period of general cleaning, durbar where chiefs dress in colourful regalia, sit in state to receive homage from subjects followed by several merry making and re-enactment of the exodus.

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This festival is based on the annual calendar of the people of Ashanti, which is divided into nine cycles of forty-two (42) days. Each cycle is the occasion of a celebration held on Sunday, the purpose of which is to pay homage to the Ashanti ancestors. The festival is associated with remarkable durbars of chiefs bedecked in gold ornaments amidst drumming and dancing. This festival is a spectacular memorial to honour ancestral spirits.