Dambai
Lake Volta, fishing towns and forest
The region reaches deep into the Lake Volta basin.
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Real places in this region, photographed by the people who were there. Every photo is credited. Tap one to see it large. Got a better one? Share it.
Photo credits & licences
- A boat on Lake Volta. Celestinesucess · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A canoe ferry at Dambai. Mykojo · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Waiting for the ferry at Dambai. Mykojo · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A waterfall in Kyabobo National Park. Sean Moran · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Forested hills in Kyabobo National Park. Suglo20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A trotro on the road to Kete Krachi. Veennema · CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Volta Lake ferry at Kete Krachi. Engr Winnamzua · CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Ndewura Jakpa ferry on the Oti River. Isibrahy · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kyabobo Falls. Kradolferp · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A bushbuck in Kyabobo National Park. Suglo20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A violet-backed starling in Kyabobo National Park. Kradolferp · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A path through the Kyabobo hills. Suglo20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A waterfall at Odormi, near Nkwanta. Tahiru Rajab · CC BY-SA 4.0
Worth the trip.
Places in this region people keep coming back to. Not a ranking — a starting point.
Festivals in
Oti.
Festivals and cultural events kept here, in calendar order. Many dates move from year to year, so each festival’s page has what we know about when.
- Feb
Fussikur
Bowiri remembers its journey from Moree: a week of rites, a climb to the old settlement and a grand durbar.
Between February and MarchBowiri Amanforo
- Apr
Hyirebo
A week of peace that closes the Bowiri year: river bathing at dawn, white clay and a durbar.
The first week of AprilBowiri Amanforo
- Aug
Gidifon
The Adele new yam festival: offerings of mashed yam on the mountain, then yam fufu and dancing at home.
August to SeptemberThe Adele towns around Tutukpene
- Sep
Gyogyi
The Akyode yam festival: the stool blesses the new yam, chiefs swear to the chief priest, and the night is for dancing.
Usually September (the season runs August to November)The Akyode towns around Keri and Nkwanta
- Sep
Krachi Yam Festival
Krachi and its yam-growing neighbours give thanks for the harvest, with masquerades and yam pounded in the open.
SeptemberKete Krachi
- Oct
Buem Lilu
The Buem yam festival: three weeks of rites in the towns, then a grand durbar at Bodada.
Usually the second week of October; the Buem Traditional Council sets the dateBodada and the Buem towns
- Oct
Frikooso Afahye
Tapa remembers the battle at Frikooso hill, where its people and their allies turned back an Asante army.
OctoberTapa Abotoase and the Tapa towns
- Nov
Ovazu
The Akposo thanksgiving for the fonio harvest, to God and the seven principal Akposo gods.
At the fonio harvest, October to DecemberThe Akposo towns, Biakoye District
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