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As the population increased, many Krobos would work on farms in the areas surrounding the mountain. The Mountain, however, continued to be the centre of culture, where all important rituals took place. Girls undergoing the Dipo rite of passage would traditionally spend one–three years on the mountain going through the Dipo customs. [3]
Dipo rites are one of the most popular, yet criticized, puberty rites and practices in Ghana, yet is one of the most attended events in the country, receiving huge numbers of tourists. [1] The rite is performed by the people of Odumase Krobo in the Eastern region of Ghana. [2] The rite is performed in April every year. [2]
For the Shai and Krobo people, the Dipo is the formal rite of passage. Originally designed as a formal marriage training for mature women in their twenties, [9] Dipo has evolved into a pre-marital sexual purification [10] rite that involves teenage girls conducting traditional religious rituals and putting on dance performances for the public ...
The town is noted for the performance of the Dipo rite. Notable people. Tetteh Adzedu (fashion designer), was born in Odumase Krobo;
However, funeral rites did vary both throughout the history of Ancient Greece as well as between the different city-states. For example, cremation was a common practice within the city-state of Athens. [17] A picture of the Telesterion and the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kora at Eleusis in modern day Greece
The Ngmayem Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana.The festival was established by Nene Azu Mate Kole in 1944 [1] to replace the already existing festival called Yeliyem, which literary means "eating of yam".
The Irish hero Cúchulainn becomes a terrorizing figure among the inhabitants of the capital-city, Emain Macha, after he beheaded three rivals from his own people, the Ulaid. Aiming to appease his fury, they decide to capture him and plunge his body into basins of water in order to 'cool him down'.
Bragoro, also known as Brapue, is a puberty rite performed by the Akans especially among the Ashantis. [1] Traditionally, when a young girl experiences her first menstruation that is menarche, she undergoes this rite called Bragoro. It is believed that this ushers her into womanhood.