CALENDAR 2012-2013 TransAfrica: Great Expeditions and Special Trips |
Single departure travels |
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Ghana: Bakatue and Akwasidae Festivals • 10 days |
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 Enjoy this exceptional trip with the opportunity to attend two unique events:
Bakatue is the main festival celebrated in Elmina.
This festival commemorates the foundation of the town and is also celebrated to invoke the deity Nana Benya in charge of the constant protection of the town.
Akwasidae is the royal ceremony that honours the king of the Ashanti in Kumasi.
In the Ashanti calendar, some dates are set aside for the celebration of great ceremonies inside the Royal Palace attended by hundreds of people all dressed in gorgeous traditional fabric.
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from 30 June 2012 |
till 09 July 2012 |
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Ghana: Awukudae and Millet Festivals • 8 days |
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October is The month of the festivals in West Africa and we will not miss the two happening in Ghana that is the Millet festival in the Krobo area and the Awukudae festival, literally meaning "the Wednesday Ceremony" in the Ashanti area.
Frenetic dances, bright colors, scents, the sound of drums, the beautifully dressed chiefs adorned with priceless jewels, in particular during the Millet Festival the young women wearing the wonderful glass beads produced by the Krobo.
 In Ghana even the funerals becomes an opportunity to enjoy a joyful ceremony so we will take the opportunity to attend at ones of this Ashanti funeral in Kumasi ! |
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from 20 Oct 2012 |
till 27 Oct 2012 |
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Ghana - Togo - Benin: Voodoo Festival • 12 days |
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Every 10th of January in Benin is a national celebration day in honor of the traditional religion and of the cults associated with it.
Ouidah in particular is where tens of voodoo ceremonies are held gathering thousands of adepts, traditional chiefs and fetish priests.
 Ouidah is considered one the capitals of the African Voodoo. Inside the city that used to be a main port for Slave trading with its decadent Afro-Portuguese architecture, are found facing each other the temple of pythons and the catholic basilica.
The peak of the ceremony consists in the procession of the whole population, all dressed traditionally and walking to the beach in honour of all the African souls who were taken on board to the New World from there. The procession also honours all the voodoo deities living in the ocean waters and in particular Mami Wata, highly venerated and feared by her adepts.
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from 07 Jan 2013 |
till 18 Jan 2013 |
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Tours at diverse departures |
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GHANA - TOGO - BENIN - 2012 • 12 days |
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Twelve days to truly discover these amazing countries, which are among the richest and most
interesting of West Africa. From the North, where you meet populations that are almost unknown,
to the South where it is possible to find evidence of a colonial past and voodoo celebrations,
to the realm of Ashanti, with the possibility of attending the great traditional festival Akwasidae.
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from 24 May 2012 05 July 2012 02 Aug 2012 16 Aug 2012 27 Sep 2012 08 Nov 2012 27 Dec 2012 |
till 04 June 2012 16 July 2012 13 Aug 2012 27 Aug 2012 08 Oct 2012 19 Nov 2012 07 Jan 2013 |
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THE COUNTRY OF ASHANTI - 2012 Ghana • 8 days |
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A week among sea and forest, in a country that offers extraordinary opportunities to explore the folklore of local populations.
An opportunity to meet the Ashanti peoples. Their center is Kumasi and since centuries they have been celebrating their festivities showing the wonderful golden jewelry made by them.
 The Akawasidae is the most amazing ceremony when all the participants wear their own jewelry. In Kumasi we will also attend an Ashanti funeral that is really a joyful ceremony where the guest are dressed in rich red and black clothes.
So after admiring a huge profusion of jewelry… an unforgettable experience to live …..we will go down inside a gold mine, one of the main in the world, from which spring out every year tens of tons of gold.
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from 05 July 2012 08 Nov 2012 16 Aug 2012 20 Dec 2012 24 May 2012 27 Sep 2012 |
till 12 July 2012 15 Nov 2012 23 Aug 2012 27 Dec 2012 31 May 2012 04 Oct 2012 |
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Journey through the magic Togo - Benin • 8 days |
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One week to explore two countries on the Guinea Gulf, both small but extremely interesting. On this
trip we will meet fetish priests, healers and oracles; we will attend fire dances, initiation rites, ancient
ceremonies and witness belivers who fall in trances. Voodoo has its origins in these countries and in this
part of the world the people practicing are still authentic.
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from 21 July 2012 29 July 2012 04 Aug 2012 11 Aug 2012 01 Sep 2012 22 Sep 2012 27 Oct 2012 24 Nov 2012 29 Dec 2012 |
till 28 July 2012 05 Aug 2012 11 Aug 2012 18 Aug 2012 08 Sep 2012 29 Sep 2012 03 Nov 2012 01 Dec 2012 05 Jan 2013 |
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BURKINA FASO • 9 days |
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Enjoy a trip that will take you to the women and men of Burkina Faso who keep on perpetuating their ancestral traditions everyday: The Gurunsi women who paint beautiful frescoes on the walls of their houses, the Lobi who still build fortified houses, or the tiny villages where the Bwa
 people dance covered with spectacular flat masks up to two meters high.
The natural environment is also exceptional, especially in the area of Banfora where we will not miss a nice walk to the peaks of Sindou and discover the limestone rocks with their fantastic shapes.
We will not forget to stop at Bobo-Dioulasso, the city where the streets and buildings go back to the colonial period.
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from 05 Oct 2012 09 Nov 2012 30 Nov 2012 28 Dec 2012 25 Jan 2013 22 Feb 2013 04 Oct 2013 08 Nov 2013 29 Nov 2013 27 Dec 2013 |
till 13 Oct 2012 17 Nov 2012 08 Dec 2012 05 Jan 2013 02 Feb 2013 02 Mar 2013 12 Oct 2013 16 Nov 2013 07 Dec 2013 04 Jan 2014 |
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Burkina Faso - dancing masks • 9 days |
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 Towards the end of the dry season in Burkina Faso is the time when the masks come out and perform their rain dance.
Join this tour and you will have the great opportunity to attend the amazing Bwaba and Nunuma mask dances.
Your tour will be crowned by a fascinating visit to the fortified houses of both the Gourounsi and the Lobi.
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from 29 Mar 2013 26 Apr 2013 |
till 06 Apr 2013 04 May 2013 |
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GHANA - TOGO - BENIN - 2013 • 12 days |
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Twelve days to truly discover these amazing countries, which are among the richest and most
interesting of West Africa. From the North, where you meet populations that are almost unknown,
to the South where it is possible to find evidence of a colonial past and voodoo celebrations,
to the realm of Ashanti, with the possibility of attending the great traditional festival Akwasidae.
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from 24 Jan 2013 07 Mar 2013 18 Apr 2013 30 May 2013 11 July 2013 01 Aug 2013 22 Aug 2013 03 Oct 2013 14 Nov 2013 26 Dec 2013 |
till 04 Feb 2013 18 Mar 2013 29 Apr 2013 11 June 2013 22 July 2013 12 Aug 2013 02 Sep 2013 14 Oct 2013 25 Nov 2013 06 Jan 2014 |
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From 1985, always with the same enthusiasm. |