RLWC EnjoyGhana

CNN Travel announces places to visit in 2019 and Ghana is 4th In a news report by the CNN, Ghana which is West Africa’s poster nation for economic success and political stability is hoping to trade up its tourism status for 2019, with a campaign targeting the African diaspora whose ancestors were victims of the brutal slave trade of centuries gone by.

Our objective is to showcase the tourism potentials of Ghana to attract both local and foreign visitors. Ghana is home to a wonderful mix of fauna, flora, landscapes, beaches, slave trade relics, colonial castles and forts, adventure sports, lakes and above all, very peaceful and friendly people. Visiting Ghana is a unforgettable experience second to none.

HOGBETSOTSO FESTIVAL
The “Anlo Ewes”, an ethnic group in the southern part of the Volta Region of Ghana, are believed to have settled in Notsie in Togo when they first migrated from Southern Sudan. Legend has it that they escaped from the tyrannical ruler of Notsie, Ago-Koli, by walking backwards. In order to commemorate the exodus and the bravery of their traditional rulers who led them on the journey, the people created this annual “Exodus Festival”. There are many ceremonies associated with the festival, including a peace-making period where all outstanding problems are supposed to be resolved. This is a purification ceremony of the traditional stool and a period of general cleaning when the villages are swept and rubbish burnt. This cleaning ceremony begins at the Volta Estuary and goes on for days until it finally reaches the Mono River in the Republic of Benin. An essential aspect of the festival is a durbar of chiefs and people. Chiefs dress in very colouful regalia and sit in state to receive homage from their subjects. Dancing, singing and general merry-making go on every single day of the month preceding the day of the durbar except market days. The main durbar always take place on the first Saturday of November in Anloga, in the Volta Region.