1. GHANA
By Fabio Szepan-Afele
Thursday, April 25, 13

2. WHERE IS GHANA?
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3. KENTE CLOTH
The
proper
kente
cloth
is
always
hand
made
and
woven
but
a
lot
of
kente
cloth
is
printed
with
ink
on
material.
The
kente
cloth
is
worn
at
special
events.
The
kente
cloth
was
made
in
the
17th
century
A.D.
Ashanti
tribe
still
makes
the
kente
cloth.
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4. TRADITIONAL FOODS
Ghana's traditional food is fufu, plantain, rice and
chilli. Fufu is made of ground rice. Plantain is banana,
but bigger and you can cook it or bake it. It tastes
better when you fry it.
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5. GHANAIAN FLAG
The Ghanaian flag has four colours: red, black, yellow
and red.The red is for the blood and dead people. It
represents wars.
The yellow is for the gold and sand, the green is for
the nature and grass.The black is for the people.
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6. GHANAIAN HOUSES
Not
all
Ghanaian
houses
are
mud
houses
with
straw
on
the
top.
The houses in the villages are mud houses.
Most of the houses in the cities are like the houses in
Germany. A lot of the big houses have a small house
next to them. In the small house lives the home help
known as the “house boy” or “house girl”.
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7. GHANAIAN HOUSES
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8. GHANAIAN TRIBES
Ghana
is
divided
in
different
areas
each
area
has
a
tribe.
Each
tribe
has
their
own
language,
for
example
northern
region,
Ashan>
region
and
my
mum
is
from
the
Volta
region
and
they
speak
Ewe
there.
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9. GHANAIAN LANGUAGE
Good morning:- ndi
Good afternoon:-ndoor
Good evening:-fyayi
My name is:-nko nye
A boy that is born on Thursday is called:-Yaw
A girl is born on Thursday is called:-Yawa.
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10. QUIZ!
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening
My name is...
A boy that is born on Thursday is called...
A girl is born on Thursday is called...
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11. GHANAIAN DRUMS
Ghana had meanings when they played the drums like
bom bom means friend.
A message by a drum could go faster than a horse
sprinting.
Those drums are called talking drums.The talking
drums are communication.
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12. DANCE AND MUSIC
Ghana Cultural Dance
Kete- Dance and Music of the Akan people
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13. QUESTIONS?
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