{"id":1186587,"date":"2022-08-22T12:28:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/22\/chale-wote-2022-wrapped-up-with-refreshing-moments-of-splendour-pomp-pageantry-starr-fm\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T12:28:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:28:19","slug":"chale-wote-2022-wrapped-up-with-refreshing-moments-of-splendour-pomp-pageantry-starr-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/22\/chale-wote-2022-wrapped-up-with-refreshing-moments-of-splendour-pomp-pageantry-starr-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Chale Wote 2022 wrapped up with refreshing moments of splendour, pomp, Pageantry \u2014 Starr Fm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"457\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300840859_5407740345962023_4000740090200692695_n-696x457.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"300840859_5407740345962023_4000740090200692695_n\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Chale Wote\u2019 Street Art Festival is a Ghanaian-originated platform that brings together art, music, dance, and performance onto the streets.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of the festival marks ten (10) years of its existence since it was first launched in 2011 to promote the appreciation of diverse forms of art in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415030 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300698722_5407740705961987_5839226755042711354_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1386\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Chale Wote\u2019 Street Art Festival is a Ghanaian-originated platform that brings together art, music, dance, and performance onto the streets.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of the festival marks ten (10) years of its existence since it was first launched in 2011 to promote the appreciation of diverse forms of art in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415035 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300843591_5407737599295631_99860824353447729_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The recently concluded Festival took place with a meditative procession through the streets of Jamestown from Monday, August 15 to Sunday 21 with spectacular displays of\u00a0splendour, pomp, and pageantry. The\u00a0colourful event\u00a0was\u00a0energized, refreshed and serenaded by the Ga traditional leader.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415036 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300832557_5407743862628338_2882407714626874637_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1507\" height=\"2048\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>During the launch,\u00a0 a traditional priestess with her acolytes, draped in all white linen and adorned with strands of purifying green leaves, led the pouring of libation to begin what was distinctly a spiritual undertaking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415037 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/301122805_5407744449294946_7148392537371997411_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1530\" height=\"2048\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Before the procession, a drum and dance ensemble from the Cultural Centre, in their traditional \u201cFugu\u201d apparel, kept the ancestral memories of the people of Ga Mashie alive with ecstatic dance moves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415031 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/301002614_5407740612628663_2767110382510143611_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The procession, among other things, highlighted the complex history of Jamestown and its central importance to the making and development of Accra and the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>The history of the enslaved who had walked through the alleyways of Jamestown to ships on the shores was remembered.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-415039 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300798544_5407735335962524_3200553598789838479_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1537\"  \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-415040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/301116109_5407735322629192_8205578680691837876_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-415042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300907342_5407743125961745_61541963404007640_n-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\"  \/> \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-415044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300838313_5407737129295678_8181693516151393676_n-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\"  \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-415045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300954671_5407743205961737_7037067199025182683_n-1-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Chale Wote Festival had two-time Grammy nominee, Rocky Dawuni, and other diasporans partaking, moving all the way to the Ussher Fort \u2013 the ancestral home of the people of Ga Mashie \u2013 where some invocations and the pouring of libations were made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit: Paul Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.1&appId=1201200913327594&autoLogAppEvents=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starrfm.com.gh\/2022\/08\/see-photos-chale-wote-2022-wrapped-up-with-refreshing-moments-of-splendour-pomp-pageantry\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Chale Wote\u2019 Street Art Festival is a Ghanaian-originated platform that brings together art, music, dance, and performance onto the streets. 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