Sehwi culture

E618727

Sehwi culture is the traditional way of life, customs, and social practices of the Sehwi people of western Ghana, encompassing their language, beliefs, festivals, and artistic expressions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sehwi culture canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ghanaian culture ⓘ
West African culture ⓘ
culture ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
artForm dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
proverbial speech ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
economicActivity cocoa farming ⓘ
food crop cultivation ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale trading ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sehwi people ⓘ
festival Akwasidae observance ⓘ
linked to: Akwasidae festival

Yam festival ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ
hasBelief belief in river and forest spirits ⓘ
taboos related to sacred groves ⓘ
veneration of ancestors ⓘ
hasCustom bridewealth payment ⓘ
chieftaincy institution ⓘ
communal labor ⓘ
extended family system ⓘ
libation pouring ⓘ
stool succession rites ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
language Sefwi language ⓘ
languageFamily Akan languages ⓘ
moralValue communal solidarity ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ
respect for elders ⓘ
musicInstrument fontomfrom drum ⓘ
linked to: Fontomfrom

talking drum ⓘ
musicStyle Akan drum ensembles ⓘ
region Western North Region of Ghana ⓘ
western Ghana ⓘ
relatedEthnicCulture Akan culture ⓘ
linked to: Akan cultural area

Ashanti culture ⓘ
Fante culture ⓘ
religion Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion

Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
riteOfPassage funeral rites ⓘ
marriage ceremonies ⓘ
naming ceremonies ⓘ
puberty rites ⓘ
socialStructure chiefdoms ⓘ
clan system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sehwi language → associatedWithCulture → Sehwi culture ⓘ
Bekwai Sehwi → hasCulturalContext → Sehwi culture ⓘ