Sehwi culture

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Sehwi culture is the traditional way of life, customs, and social practices of the Sehwi people of western Ghana, encompassing their language, beliefs, festivals, and artistic expressions.

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Label Occurrences
Sehwi culture canonical 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ghanaian culture
West African culture
culture
intangible cultural heritage
artForm dance
drumming
proverbial speech
storytelling
textile weaving
wood carving
country Ghana
economicActivity cocoa farming
food crop cultivation
hunting
small-scale trading
ethnicGroup Sehwi people
festival Akwasidae observance
linked to: Akwasidae festival

Yam festival
harvest festival
hasBelief belief in river and forest spirits
taboos related to sacred groves
veneration of ancestors
hasCustom bridewealth payment
chieftaincy institution
communal labor
extended family system
libation pouring
stool succession rites
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent
language Sefwi language
languageFamily Akan languages
moralValue communal solidarity
hospitality
respect for elders
musicInstrument fontomfrom drum
linked to: Fontomfrom

talking drum
musicStyle Akan drum ensembles
region Western North Region of Ghana
western Ghana
relatedEthnicCulture Akan culture
linked to: Akan cultural area

Ashanti culture
Fante culture
religion Akan traditional religion
linked to: Akan religion

Christianity
Islam
riteOfPassage funeral rites
marriage ceremonies
naming ceremonies
puberty rites
socialStructure chiefdoms
clan system

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sehwi language associatedWithCulture Sehwi culture
Bekwai Sehwi hasCulturalContext Sehwi culture