GHANA-HO-CELEBRATION-YAM FESTIVAL

GHANA-HO-CELEBRATION-YAM FESTIVAL

(220911) -- HO, Sept. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People perform traditional dance to celebrate the yam festival in the city of Ho, Ghana, on Sept. 10, 2022. A spectacular display of rich Ghanaian culture and tradition on Saturday climaxed a week-long celebration of this year's yam festival by the people of Asogli in Ho, the capital of Ghana's Volta Region. The annual festival is to honor yam farmers and all other farmers, and encourage young people to take farming as a career. Yam is a staple for Ghanaians and a leading export produce of Ghana. (Xinhua/Xu Zheng)

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