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Fiok festival

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Fiok festival
Festival
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountryGhana Edit
Ein locationSandema Edit
Month of the yearDecember Edit

De Fiok Festival (dem dey call am Feok Festival too) be celebration wey de chiefs den people of Sandema for Upper East Region dey do every December.[1][2][3]

Celebration

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Fiok Warior

War dancers from diff villages for de area go perform for stage. Dem dey carry bow den arrow, small axes, shields plus spears, all to show how old-time wars go like. Dem go act how people resist and how dem take defeat Babatu too.[4]

Significance

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De festival now turn big thing for the Builsa area. People dey talk say e give the Builsa tribe proper identity plus strong unity.[4]

References

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  1. "Festivals in Ghana". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  2. "Fiok Festival , 2019 - GWS Online GH". www.ghanawebsolutions.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  3. "Festival | The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana, Berlin, Germany". Embassy of Ghana, Germany.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "THE FEOK FESTIVAL | Olives Travel and Tour" (in American English). Retrieved 2020-08-15.