Dawu (Ghana)
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Dawu is a town in the Okere District
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of
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. It shares border with Abiriw and Awukugua


Festival

The people of Dawu celebrate Ohum and this ceremony is usually held in December/January. Ohum is one of Ghana's many festivals that see attendance from people from all walks of life including the diaspora. The Ohum festival is celebrated to mark the beginning of harvesting new farm crops, just like the
Homowo Homowo is a festival celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana in the Greater Accra Region. The festival starts at the end of April into May with the planting of crops (mainly millet) before the rainy season starts. The Ga people celebrate Homowo in ...
of the Gas, Ahoboa and Bakatue of the Ahantas, and Aboakyere of the Awutus and Afutus, Kundum of the Fantes, Adaekese of the Ashantis, Hogbotsotso of Anlo (Ewes), Dambaa of the Dagombas, and Apoo of Bono and Bono East region. Ohum was an ancient traditional festival of the people of Akuapem, particularly the
Larteh Larteh is a language of southeastern Ghana. It belongs to the Guang languages, Guang subgroup of the Niger–Congo languages and is spoken by about 74,000 people. References

Guang languages Languages of Ghana {{kwa-lang-stub ...
and Okere people including Abiriw who are Guans.


Notable places and people

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Dreams FC Dreams Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club founded in 2009 and based in Dawu in the country's Eastern Region that competes in the Ghana Premier League. On 18 June 2023, they won the FA Cup to gain entry into the CAF Confede ...
* Dawu Sports Stadium


References

Populated places in the Eastern Region (Ghana) {{EasternRegionGH-geo-stub