Shai people

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The Shai people are an indigenous ethnic group in southeastern Ghana, historically known for their hilltop settlements, rich cultural traditions, and custodianship of the Shai Hills area.

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Shai people canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
areCustodiansOf Shai Hills Forest Reserve
Shai Hills Resource Reserve
Shai Hills cultural landscape
continent Africa
country Ghana
countrySubdivision Shai-Osudoku District
culturalHeritage rock shrines
sacred caves
sacred groves
stone inscriptions
culturalIdentity custodians of Shai Hills area
culturalPractice ancestor veneration
annual festivals
traditional rites of passage
ethnolinguisticGroup Ga-Dangme
historicalActivity hunting
military defense from hilltop settlements
historicalHomeland Shai Hills
historicalSettlementType hilltop settlements
language Dangme language
Ga-Dangme languages
languageFamily Kwa languages
Niger–Congo languages
locatedIn southeastern Ghana
mainEconomicActivity farming
fishing
trading
neighboringGroup Dangme people
Ga people
Krobo people
partOf Ga-Dangme peoples
linked to: Ga-Dangme people
region Greater Accra Region
religion African traditional religion
Christianity
Islam
traditionalArchitecture cave dwellings
rock shelters
traditionalArea Shai Hills
Shai Osudoku Traditional Area
linked to: Osudoku area
traditionalFood cassava-based dishes
maize-based dishes
traditionalLeadership Shai Traditional Council
Shai-Osudoku paramount chief
traditionalMusic dance
drumming
traditionalReligion Dangme traditional religion

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Dodowa hasTraditionalAuthority Shai people
Dodowa festivalCelebratedBy Shai people
Ngmayem celebratedBy Shai people