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Traditions of Sub-Saharan Africa

Naming ceremonies, initiation, kente and the harvest yam, Timkat and Ethiopian coffee. 167 traditions on EveryParampara so far.

Countries

🇦🇴 Angola 6 🇧🇯 Benin 8 🇧🇼 Botswana 6 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 5 🇧🇮 Burundi 2 🇨🇲 Cameroon 7 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 3 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 0 🇹🇩 Chad 0 🇰🇲 Comoros 0 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 🇩🇯 Djibouti 1 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 0 🇪🇷 Eritrea 11 🇸🇿 Eswatini 3 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 34 🇬🇦 Gabon 3 🇬🇲 Gambia 5 🇬🇭 Ghana 26 🇬🇳 Guinea 2 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 1 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 4 🇰🇪 Kenya 15 🇱🇸 Lesotho 4 🇱🇷 Liberia 1 🇲🇬 Madagascar 14 🇲🇼 Malawi 7 🇲🇱 Mali 9 🇲🇺 Mauritius 15 🇲🇿 Mozambique 4 🇳🇦 Namibia 2 🇳🇪 Niger 7 🇳🇬 Nigeria 34 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 2 🇷🇼 Rwanda 3 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 0 🇸🇳 Senegal 10 🇸🇨 Seychelles 2 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 1 🇸🇴 Somalia 4 🇿🇦 South Africa 30 🇸🇸 South Sudan 1 🇹🇿 Tanzania 13 🇹🇬 Togo 8 🇺🇬 Uganda 7 🇿🇲 Zambia 9 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 8

On the calendar

Holi Ganesh Chaturthi Krishna Janmashtami Raksha Bandhan Maha Shivaratri Ramadan Laylat al-Qadr Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Adha Mawlid Sigd Coptic Christmas

🇰🇪 KenyaLake Turkana Cultural FestivalTobong'u Lore A spring gathering in northern Kenya celebrating indigenous cultures and promoting peace among lake communities.Festival

🇧🇫 Dédougou, Burkina Faso and 5 moreFESTIMAFestival International des Masques et des Arts A biennial West African festival in Burkina Faso celebrating traditional mask dancesFestival 🇰🇪 Rusinga Island, KenyaRusinga Cultural Festival Two December days of Suba music, boat races and food on Rusinga Island in KenyaFestival

🇨🇻 Cape Verde and 1 moreKola San Jon A Cabo Verdean street festival of dance, drumming, and devotion to Saint JohnFestival

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Lake Turkana Cultural Festival: Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, source
FESTIMA: Nomwindé, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Kola San Jon: Dvfernandes, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

The weekly EveryParampara

Every week: one tradition from somewhere new, what is being celebrated around the world this week, and one idea explained.