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HIGHLIGHTS: CHALE WOTE & HOMOWO FESTIVALS


By Africa-Related New York

Photos: Beatrice Arthur


TWO FESTIVALS SIDE BY SIDE

The Chale Wote Street Art Festival also known as Chale Wote is an alternative platform that brings art, music, dance and performance out into the streets. The festival targets exchanges between scores of local and international artists and patrons by creating and appreciating art together. Wikipedia

Homowo is a harvest festival celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana in the Greater Accra Region. The festival starts in the month of August with the planting of crops before the rainy season starts. During the festival, they perform a dance called Kpanlogo. Wikipedia

Photos by @annabetya

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