Jintigi Festival

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Jintigi (Fire) Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Gonja Traditional Area in the Savannah Region, formally the Northern region of Ghana. Damongo which is the capital of Gonjaland serves as the epicenter of the festival. It is usually celebrated in the month of April. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Celebrations

During the festival, there is procession at night with torches at the outskirts of the towns and villages and into the bush within the Gonjaland. Qurans are also recited to forecast the coming year. [5] [6] [7]

Significance

The festival is celebrated to commemorate the search of a lost son of an ancient king. [8] [9]

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  2.  ↑   "Festivals Ghana - Easy Track Ghana". www.easytrackghana.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
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  6.  ↑   "Ghana Festivals". ghanakey.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
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  8.  ↑  Boateng, Kwabena (2015-09-12). "List of festivals in Ghana". GhanaCulturePolitics. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  9.  ↑   "Festivals in Ghana,there are varied of festivals celebrated across the country such as Oguaa Fetu Afahye,Homowo,Aboakyir,Edina Bakatue,Odwira". 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2020-08-20.[ permanent dead link ]

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