Monday 12 January 2015

NAA DATAA TUWA (Chief Rival Baobab tree)

NAA DATAA TUWA, which means chief's rival Baobab tree is a famous site in Yendi where any man caught having sexual affair with the Ya-Na's wives were beheaded to pacify the gods of the land. For it was an abomination to any man within the Dagbon traditional area to see the "thighs" of the chief's wive.
At the site are sacrificial stone and a baobab tree where the heads were dumped.

                                                            The Baobab tree
                                        The hole where the beheading is done.

HORSE AND COW TAILS ON DISPLAY DURING DAMBA FESTIVAL.

At the climax of Damba Festival of the Chiefs and People of Dagbon traditional area in the Northern Region. Ghana. 
The Damba festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Dagbon Traditional Area in the Northern Region.The festival is celebrated in the Dagomba lunar month of Damba, corresponding to the third month of the Islamic calendar, Rabia al-Awwal. Damba is celebrated to mark the birth and naming of Muhammed.