I have been in Ghana for my official duties since last month,and as usual have carried out some local guides activities. I’ve had BLGC-1st-meet-up-with-Ghana-LGs which was very nice and interesting to know about it See Recap-BLGC-V-1st-meet-up-with-Ghana-Lgs . I have also written a foodie post ,I am a rea foodie. It’s called Kenkey and fish kindly look it up you’ll like it.
Now, I visited the The National theatre in Ghana for sightseeing and even to share our African heritage in Ghana with connect. I had a tour of the place. The tour guide was very kind and friendly. I immediately liked him and we chatted and enjoyed the time together. He had also been to my own country Nigeria,so we talked about the 2 countries together and he was happy. He was very free with me and even offered to take photographs for me free. As always I carried out lots of local guides activities on the place. The first edit I suggested was approved- duplicate places of this places were closed. I was lucky it was approved ! I also uploaded current photos to the place and wrote A review of the place . It’s an interesting place you might like to visit if you ever come to Ghana.
Although I found other interesting things in the theatre place, the thing I love most about this place is this ceremonial African drums. They really captivated my attention and interest. The size,the sight,the colours and local make-up,the history they tell and what they’re used for. My tour guide explained them to me. There were nice African images, there were the photographs of different Ghanaian important personalities,there was an image to describe the African slave trade. A very large Auditorium for important ceremonies and occasions for the public etc. It’s a very enjoyable place to visit.
Back to ceremonial drums. It’s called Fontomfrom. It takes a number of people to play it. It’s also used on rare national occasions. One of them been when the president has to address the nation. Its quite traditional really,but I like it. It says alot about the culture and lifestyle of the people of Ghana.
About the National theatre
You pay a little token not fixed and unofficial to get a tour guide and visit the palce.
It has a wide and large compound for parking and even for relaxation
A large Auditorium that can be used for occasions
It’s beautiful and enjoyable to be in.
You know about Ghana as a country there .
Touch with nature and history here.
Public and private transportation.
Just to share a little of our African cultures and heritage with you all on connect. Although I am Nigerian,but I also love Ghana and spend some time here every so often. This is a Ghanaian culture and traditional thing. Hope you like the post,it is an interesting place you should visit if you ever come to West Africa.
I’ve always been fascinated with drums, especially the traditional ones used in festivities and ceremonies. The ones in your photos look so beautiful and quite big!
Do you know what the different symbols carved on them represent? Some look like natural phenomena, like wind and water!
Many thanks for commenting on this post and particularly about the drum ! That means we have something in common. Lol. I was very fascinated about the four when I visited the place as well,that’s why I wrote the post. Just for your information I am quite good at playing drums,I enjoy it.
Regarding the symbols on the drums, although I didn’t ask the tour guide in particular on my visit while in Ghana. Nevertheless,this symbols are part of the Ghanaian tradition system. They could well represent the different tribes in Ghana. You’ll find those symbols on the royal Ghananian stool and the various Ghanaian local fabrics etc. Moreover they are 18 of them round the drum which represents the 18 major tribes in Ghana.
Thank for your comment on this. Post. Yes! It’s about that height. It’s a huge size,I was really fascinated and captivated by that drum when I visited the theatre. The men have to stand on a high platform to be able to play it.
The symbols are quite interesting. My next trip to Ghana or any other African country, I’ll make sure to make more enquiries,conduct research,visit more places to be able to write and know more about these symbols and signs. It’s so African !!!
Not at all! I would not be much interested in the rock-band really. These local ones would interest me the more. They have histories,messages and very often lessons attached. They express the way of life,culture, language and the people themselves. I speak a few of the local languages in West Africa and lots of them are expressed in the local drums, music and dancing steps.They help you connect to nature and some very inspiring past stories. Since interactions is my thing this helps it,there is so much interactions when you drum or play music. The drumming skills are great as well as the traditional dancing steps. That’s even more enjoyable and relaxing. Lol.
Thanks a bunch for interactions on this. I am enjoying it
Sorry for my late reply, @SholaIB ! It’d definitely be interesting if you could share more in some future posts about the traditional instruments and music of different regions in Ghana or Africa. Thanks for sharing such great stories!
Hopefully some future post will be about those,if I ever get the chance. There are some very interesting ones in Nigeria and different parts of Africa. It might not be anytime soon,nevertheless as soon as the opportunity presents itself I’ll post it here.
