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Amu or de Rice Festival be yearly harvest festival wey de chiefs den people of Vane dey celebrate. Vane be de traditional capital for de Avatime people.[1][2] E dey inside Ho West District for de Volta Region of Ghana. Dem dey usually celebrate am for de last week inside November go reach December.[3] Some people too talk say dem dey celebrate am around September or October.[4]

Ein Celebration den Significance

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During de festival, dem dey play drums, dance den sing.[5][6] De festival dey celebrate de harvesting of brown rice, just as de name talk.[7][8][9] De people talk say dem migrate from de Ahanta areas for de Western Region den fight take de place wey dem dey live now from de original people.[10][11]

References

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  1. ↑ Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (6 September 2019). "2019 Avatime Amu Festival launched in Accra". GBC Ghana Online. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09.
  2. ↑ "People of Avatime celebrates Amu festival". Modern Ghana (in English). Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Goldstar Air | Tour Packages Volta Region". flygoldstar.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  4. ↑ "Amu Festival" (in American English). Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  5. ↑ "Festival | The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana, Berlin, Germany" (in American English). Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  6. ↑ "Amu Festival – FIANDAD GHANA LIMITED" (in American English). Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  7. ↑ "Avatime Traditional Area celebrates Amu Festival". Ghanaian Times (in English). 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  8. ↑ "Amu festival re-launched to boost tourism and agricultural potential of Avatime". MyJoyOnline.com (in American English). 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2020-08-18.[permanent dead link]
  9. ↑ Dogbevi, Emmanuel (2010-10-02). "Amu Festival of Avatime to attract tourists". Ghana Business News (in American English). Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  10. ↑ "Volta Region". touringghana.com (in American English). 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  11. ↑ "Festivals Ghana - Easy Track Ghana". www.easytrackghana.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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