Bakatue Festival

The Bakatue Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana.

[4] The celebration of the festival was instituted to commemorate the founding of Elmina by the Portuguese in the early days of the colonization of the then Gold Coast.

The Elmina states set aside the first Monday and Tuesday of the month of July for the festival.

[4] During the festival, the Paramount Chief and his sub-chiefs and the entire state of Elmina offer the sacred festival food of eggs and mashed yam mixed with palm oil to Nana Brenya, the river god, and pray for peace.

[4] Chiefs of higher towns in the Elmina paramount area ride decorated palanquins.