The #Bakatue #Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of #Elmina (#Edina ) in the Central region of Ghana. The festival, established at least as far back as 1847, is celebrated on the first Tuesday in the month of July every year. The festival is used to mark the beginning of the fishing season in Elmina. The name Bakatue is gotten from the Fante dialect which translates as draining of a lagoon. It also is used to offer thanks and prayers to the gods for a good fishing year. #travelghana #michaelkunke #visitghana o #ministryoftourismghana #brandelmina

Edina Bakatue is a remembrance festival celebrated by the people of the Edina State in the Central Region of Ghana. The festival is a 6 week celebration that officially culminates on the 1st Tuesday of July with Bakatue or opening of the lagoon to remember the pact made between man and god when the founder of the town Kwaw Amankwah made an agreement the spirit of the Benya lagoon when he went thirsty for 3 days during a hunting expedition.

On this Tuesday the chiefs of the various towns of the Edina state and the people display their rich tradition, culture and heritage. The king of Edina State Nana Kodwo Conduah VI leads the rites and supplications that are made to the ancestors.
This year however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the festival has been cancelled for the second time in a row.

In a press briefing and speaking on behalf of the king Nana Kodwo Conduah VI, Nana Kodwo Eduakwa V, Chief of Atonkwa and Akwamuhen of Edina Traditional Area made it know that after much deliberation with the traditional council and Brand Elmina this year’s festival has been cancelled

He however made it known that together with the organisers Brand Elmina majority of the events will be done virtually and also all traditional rites that must be done will be observed.

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Nana Kobina Gyan I was born in Anomansa on 13 February 1821 to Nana Kobina Conduah I, who was king of Anomansa from 1863-1869. During his father's reign, Kobina Gyan was sub-king (ohin nadir ekyen) and acted as a prominent spokesperson for the Anomansa community. When the enforcement of the 1867 Anglo-Dutch Convention for an Interchange of Territory on the Gold Coast resulted in a siege of Elmina by the Fante Confederacy, Nana Kobina Gyan co-authored the August 1868 petition to King William III of the Netherlands, asking him for help and assistance.

Kobina Gyan learnt early the price to pay for not going by the choice of the people when his father Nana Kobina Conduah I was destooled in January 1869 for not opposing the Dutch governor George Pieter Willem Boers's way of dealing with the siege of Elmina in March 1868 strongly enough, Kobina Gyan was enstooled as King of Anomansa by the stool name of Nana Kobina Gyan I on 15 July 1869 thus succeeding his father.

The next four years of his life would be plagued with events and challenges which would make his reign and name indelible in the history of Anomansa.

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Highlights from the official launch of Edina Bakatue 2019 on the 25th of April 2019. Bakatue is an annual festival celebrated by the chief and people of the Edina Traditional Area in the Central Region of Ghana.

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Being a historic fishing community where fishing dates back to the 1400s, the Elmina fish landing harbor which is built along the bank of the Benya lagoon provides a very good landing site for all types of canoes and small semi-industrial boats engaged in traditional fisheries.

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