Nuaso (E/R), March 25, GNA-Ghanaian traditional instruments are an essential part of the country’s rich cultural heritage, playing a vital role in communication, storytelling, ceremonies, and ...

The Dipo rite is an integral part of the Krobo culture. Over the years it has been used to inculcate useful values into adolescent girls as they prepare to assume their marital responsibilities. The ...

Every day, the Krobo tribe, like a lamb, is sent to the slaughter house for its cultural practices. This is intensified every April, as April ushers in the annual Dipo festival. This practice is ...

A raffia fibre is then tied around her neck to identify her as a 'Dipo-yo'. On Saturday morning the girls are given ritual bath after which they are made to taste non-krobo foods like sugar cane ...

Krobo beads are precious stones that have stood the test of ... Leh, a reddish one is mainly for the dipo rite. It is also used for funerals. Tovi is an important black bead. In contrast, there is the ...

"I don't see anything wrong with it," says 25-year-old Emmanuel Korley, one of the men who gathered to watch this year's dipo ceremony in Manya Krobo. "It's our culture - to show that when a lady ...

“Dipo” is a very prominent cultural practice among Krobos mostly held between April and May for dozens of teenage Krobo girls every year. Many girls partake in this event which lasts for a ...