African Holiday : Yam Festival 2014

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Yam Festival is December 26 - January 1 ... (??)


The Yam Festival

The Yam Festival is a popular holiday in Ghana and Nigeria, usually held in the beginning of August at the end of the rainy season. It is named after yams, the most common food in many African countries. It is also known as "Ikeji" in Nigeria. In Nigeria, dancers wear masks that reflect the seasons or other aspects of nature.

Yams are the first crops of the season to be harvested. People offer yams to gods and ancestors before distributing them to the villagers to give thanks to the spirits above them.


New Yam Festival of the Igbo

The New Yam festival of the Igbo is an annual harvest festival by the Igbo people held at the end of the rainy season in early August.


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