Ankos Festival
| Country | Ghana  |
|---|---|
| Ein location | Takoradi |
| Day in year for periodic occurrence | December 24 |
De Ankos Festival (dem sanso know as Takoradi street carnival anaa Masquerade Festival) be an annual event wey be celebrated by de people of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. Ein main attraction be dozens of groups of people anaa teams dressing insyd wild outfits wey display dema skills den arts via dance. De festival usually be celebrated from 24–26 December of every year, wey e be popular plus tourists.[1][2]
Masquerades groups
[edit | edit source]Dese be de list of masquerades groups insyd Takoradi.[3]
- Ankos
- Cosmos
- Holy Cities
- Nyanta Boys
- Iron Fighters
- Unity
- Mississipi
- Spain
- Sunnato
- Valencia
- Canadians
- Chinese
- Tumus
- Ohyewakomem
- Supreme
- Oil city
- Millionaires
- Unicon
- Addyzee
- USA
- Nyanta Boys and Girls[4]
- Punch
- Gye Nyame
- Miami
Ethnography
[edit | edit source]De various masquerades groups dey cam togeda insyd de township of Takoradi to display dema skills, culture den oda arts to de general public thru dancing den singing of various songs dey use brass band. De festival dey consist of different gender groups wey dey join from various walks of life. E dey involve de young den de old wey be much passionate about de culture den art during dis festive moment. Dema fancy outfit give de festival dey vary from one group to anoda. During de festival de brass band team play all kind of sounds, songs, melodies den tunes to spice up de festivity den sanso dey increase de excitement of various participant den watchers of de event wey stand across de road, rooftops den balcony.[5][6]
Dem dey believe say de first fancy club set up be de Ankos Fancy Club
De Year of Return
[edit | edit source]Na de Year of Return be to mark de return of black people from de diaspora to meet den learn about Ghanaian culture den partake insyd local traditions den so forth. Na de Year of Return get a massive impact on de Masquerade festival secof e get a lot of tourists, de majority be black people from de diaspora dey troop into Takoradi to celebrate de festival.[7][8]
Festival anthem
[edit | edit source]De song 'Made in Tadi' by Ghanaian highlife artiste, Kofi Kinaata be regarded by chaw as de anthem give dis period. Born den bred insyd Effiakuma, one of de suburbs of Takoradi den home to sam indigenes of de area, de song dey give a beautiful trajectory of dis event (wey e grow to cam be a festival) den how things pan out during dat period. E sanso dey give insight on how life insyd Takoradi during Christmas den how people from all walks of life dey mark am. Made in Tadi sanso dey give a record of sam of de fancy clubs wey dey take part insyd de festival.
2019 Artist
[edit | edit source]- Kofi Kinaata
- Quamina Mp
Gallery
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References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Sekondi-Takoradi Masqueraders Street Carnival". CNN iReport. Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ↑ "Masquerade Festival Ghana". ghanafam.com (in British English). Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ↑ "Masquerades festival climax Christmas celebration in Sekondi-Takoradi". www.ghanaweb.com (in English). 30 November 2001. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ "BetterPan Catering Services | Catering | Event Catering | Catering Services Pasig | Catering Services Ortigas | Food Catering | Party Catering".
- ↑ "Takoradi MP joins masquerades in colourful Christmas carnival [Photos]". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always (in American English). 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ "Takoradi Masqueraders On The Streets On X'mas Day 2019 the year of return - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ "Masquerade Carnival lights up mood on streets of Sekondi-Takoradi". www.ghanaweb.com (in English). 27 December 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ Tumus Masqueraders Club (20 January 2019). "Tumus Masqueraders @ Sekondi - 5th January 2019" (in English). Retrieved 2020-10-08 – via YouTube.
External links
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