Bakatue Festival
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Bakatue Festival is a traditional annual celebration in Elmina, Ghana, marking the symbolic opening of the fishing season with colorful rituals, processions, and cultural performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bakatue Festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8851293 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bakatue Festival Context triple: [Elmina, hasFestival, Bakatue Festival]
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A.
Higalaay Festival
Higalaay Festival is an annual friendship-themed cultural celebration in Cagayan de Oro City featuring street parades, music, dance, and various community events.
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B.
Ngmayem festival
Ngmayem festival is an annual harvest celebration of the Ga-Dangme people of Ghana, marked by thanksgiving, traditional rites, and communal festivities centered around the new millet crop.
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C.
Mangani Festival
Mangani Festival is a prominent annual Hindu religious and cultural festival celebrated in Karaikal, Puducherry, honoring the divine motherhood of Goddess Karaikal Ammaiyar and featuring grand processions, rituals, and community gatherings.
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D.
Udiroko Festival
Udiroko Festival is a traditional annual cultural celebration in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, marked by royal pageantry, communal gatherings, and performances that honor the town’s heritage and monarchy.
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E.
Behdeinkhlam festival
Behdeinkhlam festival is a major indigenous religious and agricultural celebration of the Jaintia people in Meghalaya, marked by ritual dances, processions, and symbolic acts to drive away plague and evil spirits while praying for a good harvest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bakatue Festival Target entity description: Bakatue Festival is a traditional annual celebration in Elmina, Ghana, marking the symbolic opening of the fishing season with colorful rituals, processions, and cultural performances.
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A.
Higalaay Festival
Higalaay Festival is an annual friendship-themed cultural celebration in Cagayan de Oro City featuring street parades, music, dance, and various community events.
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B.
Ngmayem festival
Ngmayem festival is an annual harvest celebration of the Ga-Dangme people of Ghana, marked by thanksgiving, traditional rites, and communal festivities centered around the new millet crop.
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C.
Mangani Festival
Mangani Festival is a prominent annual Hindu religious and cultural festival celebrated in Karaikal, Puducherry, honoring the divine motherhood of Goddess Karaikal Ammaiyar and featuring grand processions, rituals, and community gatherings.
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D.
Udiroko Festival
Udiroko Festival is a traditional annual cultural celebration in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, marked by royal pageantry, communal gatherings, and performances that honor the town’s heritage and monarchy.
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E.
Behdeinkhlam festival
Behdeinkhlam festival is a major indigenous religious and agricultural celebration of the Jaintia people in Meghalaya, marked by ritual dances, processions, and symbolic acts to drive away plague and evil spirits while praying for a good harvest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
ⓘ
festival ⓘ |
| associatedTown | Elmina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWaterBody | Benya Lagoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Fante people
NERFINISHED
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people of Elmina ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Fante traditional area ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important tourism attraction in Elmina
ⓘ
major festival of the Elmina traditional area ⓘ |
| dayOfWeek | Tuesday ⓘ |
| economicImpact | boosts local fishing and tourism economy ⓘ |
| etymology | name often interpreted as "opening up of the lagoon" ⓘ |
| features |
boat processions on the Benya Lagoon
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colorful rituals ⓘ cultural performances ⓘ durbar of chiefs ⓘ libation pouring ⓘ processions ⓘ traditional drumming and dancing ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Asafo companies of Elmina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Omanhen (paramount chief) of Elmina NERFINISHED ⓘ queen mother of Elmina ⓘ |
| heritageType | intangible cultural heritage ⓘ |
| includes |
display of local arts and crafts
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firing of musketry ⓘ folk dancing ⓘ food fairs ⓘ parade of Asafo companies ⓘ traditional music ⓘ traditional regalia of chiefs ⓘ |
| languageContext | Fante ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Region, Ghana
NERFINISHED
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Elmina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme | opening of the fishing season ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Elmina Traditional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to honor the deities of the sea and lagoon
ⓘ
to invoke blessings for the fishing season ⓘ to preserve Elmina cultural heritage ⓘ to strengthen community unity ⓘ |
| region | Gulf of Guinea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAspect | traditional Akan religion ⓘ |
| religiousRitual | libation to ancestral spirits and deities ⓘ |
| socialFunction | reunion of Elmina citizens at home and abroad ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
beginning of the fishing season
ⓘ
thanksgiving for bountiful harvests from the sea ⓘ |
| typicalMonth | July ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bakatue Festival Description of subject: Bakatue Festival is a traditional annual celebration in Elmina, Ghana, marking the symbolic opening of the fishing season with colorful rituals, processions, and cultural performances.
Referenced by (1)
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