The New Year/ Harvest Festival is an ancient annual cultural festival held at the end of the rainy season in August. It is celebrated throughout West Africa (particularly in Nigeria and Ghana) and other sub-Saharan African countries, and also as far away as New Guinea in Asia. The New Year Harvest Festival symbolizes the conclusion of annual yam harvest and the beginning of the New Year. It is the most important cultural celebration in most African communities, uniting people

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