Ancestor Veneration Ceremony

This annual festival (Ancestor Veneration Ceremony) occurs in the second week of October and is deeply influenced by southern Ghanaian culture, especially Ghana’s Ga-Dangme traditions, though it is generally rooted in shared West African traditional rites. The festival is also known for the libation, prayers and traditional African rites that are performed for our ancestors, including a procession honoring African ancestors and special rituals for known and unknown enslaved ancestors. The main event of this three day festival occurs each year on Saturday. Friday events include Communal Labor and Educational Programs. Sunday is reserved for ceremony closing and sending off.  It has become a custom for the museum to also unveil and venerate newly commissioned funerary portraiture, Insisu. Commission your ancestor’s portraits