End of Ramadan celebration, Ahenkro, 1982

Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, the ninth and most sacred month in the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims fast during daylight hours. As Ramadan ends, men and women come together to dance beneath the majestic kapok tree that formerly shaded the market site located on the south side of Ahenkro. July, 1982.

Creator

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• Ritual
• Markets
• Islam
• Dance

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 19

Keyword

• Muslims
• Marketplace

Date created

• 1982-07

Relation

•  http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/783067b5-8187-4a05-bd7b-a278ef7600b4

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Ahenkro

Coordinates

• 8.163438, -2.356776

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1982

Permalink

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