GHANABy Fabio Szepan-Afele

Thursday, April 25, 13

WHERE IS GHANA?

Thursday, April 25, 13

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.

Thursday, April 25, 13

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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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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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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GHANAIAN HOUSES

Thursday, April 25, 13

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.

Thursday, April 25, 13

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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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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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.

Thursday, April 25, 13

DANCE AND MUSIC

Ghana Cultural Dance

Kete- Dance and Music of the Akan people

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QUESTIONS?

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