Boys in traditional attire, Children's Day, Ahenkro, 2009

Boys dress in traditional attire for the annual Children's Day festivities sponsored by local schools. Seated in front is an adolescent dressed as a chief. He and the two boys standing behind him (center and right) wear cloths made by strip-weaving. A boy standing left holds a linguist staff. Ahenkro, 23 June, 2009.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• West African strip weaving
• Rites and ceremonies

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Keyword

• Children's Day
• Banda Cultural Centre

Date created

• 2009-06-23

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Ahenkro

Coordinates

• 8.165961, -2.354312

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• Digital image

Year

• 2009

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/58fb2bf2-4690-4360-98a3-ddd0e6722f3e