Stock photography, photos: Aboakyer Festival - Ghana

Stock photos of The Aboakyer Festival is celebrated in the southern coastal region between Accra and Cape Coasy, in the township of Winneba. Aboakyer derives from an ancient rite where sacrifices are traditionally offered to the god Otu in order to remove evil and predict a good harvest. Two teams of Asafo companies set out to catch a live antelope and bring it to the local Paramount Chief. Ghana, West Africa


Photograph: © Robert Burch

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