Bonokyempem Youth Festival 2025

Bringing it Home
Celebrating Our Roots, Culture & Progress

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Bonokyempem Youth Festival

About the Festival

The Bonokyempem Youth Festival is an annual celebration that showcases the vibrant culture, traditions, and heritage of the Bono Tribe (the first Akan inhabitants of present day Ghana).

This initiative seeks to bring indigenes of the Bono land both at home and in the diaspora for a week-long celebration of heritage, development and community impact. The festive period seeks to rekindle a strong sense of identity and togetherness, promote local commerce, support social interventions, and create memories through shared activities rooted in culture and progress.

The festival also seeks to celebrate and promote our cultural values, foster unity through a series of events including traditional dances challenge, Queen mothers dressing competition, music performances, art exhibitions, and educational workshops. It will be a tool to reconnect the younger generation with their rich cultural roots while creating opportunities for economic development through local commerce and cultural exchange.

The festival also serves as a platform for addressing contemporary issues facing the youth while drawing wisdom from old traditional values and practices.

Explore Our Theme
Bono Cultural Performance
Adowa Dance display
Traditional Bono Art
Traditional Drums display
Bono Cultural Performance
Kintampo Water falls
Bono Cultural Performance
Dance display
Traditional Bono Art
A crew member at Buabeng fiema feeding a monkey
Traditional Bono Art
First communication (GPS) system discovered in Bono land
(Ahomaky3m)
Bono Cultural Performance
Kintampo Canopy Walk
Bono Cultural Performance
Tano Boase sacred groves
Bono Cultural Performance
Fireworks display
Bono Cultural Performance
Techiman Apoo) festival display
Bono Cultural Performance
Tano Boase sacred groves
Bono Cultural Performance
Obrempong Tano Sacred grove
Bono Cultural Performance
Buabeng Fiama monkeys' sanctuary
Bono Cultural Performance
Artisan making a beautiful cloth
Bono Cultural Performance
A major Bono delicacy: Abunabunu with Fufu
Bono Cultural Performance
A major Bono delicacy: boode3 ampesie
Bono Cultural Performance
Buabeng fiama Monkeys' graveyard
Bono Cultural Performance
Relics of Tanoboase mysterious pan
Teaser
History behind the first communication tracking system (GPS) discovered at Tano Boase
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Festival Highlights

Traditional Performances

Experience authentic Bono music, dance, and storytelling that have been passed down through generations. Be ready to witness captivating performances by master drummers and dancers.

Traditional food Bazzar

Sample traditional Bono dishes and learn about the culinary heritage of the land. From fufu, bayere, apetie, kokonte, mmpo, bayere experience the authentic flavors of Bono land.

Youth Engagement

Participate in workshops and skills aquisition and exhibition forum.

A tailored discussions focused on youth re-orientation, empowerment and capacity building to meet the ever changing skills demand while seeking for cultural preservation and an opportunity to: Connect with the elders and community leaders.

Background & Rationale

Preserving Our Heritage for Future Generations

The Bonokyempem Youth Festival was conceived in response to growing concerns about the erosion of cultural identity among the youth in the Bono land. This event has been established since 2020 and is currently organised by Luckx Group of Companies in partnership with Techiman Youth Association and Bonokyempem Association.

The festival draws inspiration from various traditional Bono festivals that have been celebrated for centuries, adapting them to contemporary contexts while maintaining their cultural essence. It serves as a bridge between generations, allowing elders to pass on knowledge and traditions to the youth.

Through this festival, we aim to create a sustainable platform for cultural preservation that also addresses contemporary challenges facing the youth, including unemployment, educational mentorship and social integration.

Historical Context

The Bono people, one of the major Akan groups in Ghana, have a rich history dating back to the 11th century with the establishment of the Bono State. This festival honors that legacy while creating new traditions for the modern era.

Cultural Significance

Bonokyempem represents more than just a festival - it's a movement to reclaim cultural identity, promote unity, and inspire the next generation of Bono leaders and innovators.

Festival Theme

"Bringing it Home - Celebrating Our Roots, Culture and Progress"

The core idea, "Bringing it Home," emphasizes that heritage is not a passive relic but a living reality that the youth must actively claim, understand and integrate into modern practice.

This sets the stage for a tripartite journey: celebrating "Roots", grounding the youth in their history and ancestry, providing a foundational sense of belonging and a moral compass from the wisdom of the past.

"Culture" as the vibrant, living expression of those roots through language, arts, food, inter-marriages, chieftancy cohesion and communal values.

Finally, it culminates in "Progress," empowering the youth to channel their heritage into future innovation and achievement. Ultimately, the theme is a cohesive mandate, arguing that a deep knowledge of the past and proud engagement with present culture provides the unique strength needed to confidently build a prosperous and dynamic future.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Bono Cultural Preservation & peaceful co-existance
  • Youth Empowerment & Commerce promotion
  • Celebrationg and Honouring Distinquished Citizens of Bono land
  • Intergenerational Dialogue (old school meets the new genes)
  • Entertaining and engaging the youth through a blend of creative cultural & sports activities
Bono Cultural Symbols

Dates & Locations

Main Festival Events

Date: (saturday)13th - (saturday)20th December , 2025

Location: Techiman, Bono East

The main festival will feature grand performances,
An Artist night,cultural exhibitions, and community gatherings at the Techiman, in the heart of the Bono Land.

Featured Events:
  • Grand Durbar dubbed meet with the Chiefs and opinion leaders
  • Traditional Music & Dance Competition
  • Artist night
  • Cultural Fashion Show of Queen Mothers
  • Art & Craft Exhibition
  • Food bazaar

Pre-Festival Activities

Date: November 2025

Locations: Various communities across Bono & Bono East Regions

A month of preparatory activities including media engagement to highlight on insight of event.

An online engagement to showcases various tourist sites of the Bono land.

Key Activities:
  • Press conferences, media and tourism awareness

    • A media engagement to highlight on insight of events.

  • Inter-schools debate for basic and senior high schools

    • Aimed at strengthening cultural values among the youth

  • Youth skills Training
  • Quiz Competition
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Festival Objectives

Cultural Preservation

Highlight, create and promote more awareness on Bono cultural heritage, languages, and traditions that are at risk of being lost.

Through this festival, we aim to create a sustainable platform through cultural preservation that also addresses contemporary challenges facing the youth, including unemployment, education, and social integration.

Youth Engagement

Provide platforms for youth to actively participate in cultural activities, get entertained and support community development.

Community Unity

Foster stronger bonds between communities across different age groups and collaboration between friends of the Bono Land.

Local Commerce Development

Create and encourage local commerce through exhibitions and Bazaars.

economic opportunities creation through Bono cultural heritage,tourism and promotion of local arts and crafts.

Pre-Activities (November 2025)

Firstst Week : Event Awareness

Media engagement both traditional and online.

Secondnd Week: Bono Tourism promotion

An online engagement to display and promote tourism within the Bono.

Thirdrd Week: Skills Training & Sponsorship follow-ups

Training on farming, fashion, soap, and shower gel, beauty and cosmetics and
initiatives focusing on sponsorship and partnership engagement for the event.

Fourthth Week: Quiz Competitions

Competitions on various Bono traditions ie: music, dance, poetry, and visual arts among selected schools.

Planned Activities & Schedules

Day 1 - Bono Is Clean (13th Dec)

Clean Up Exercise

Day 2, 14th Dec

Arrival Party
Tour
Bonfire
Creators Fest I

Day 3, 15th Dec

Official Opening and Press Briefing
Pre Arts Exhibition

Day 4, 16th Dec

Donation
Health Screening I
Mini Fair

Day 5, 17th Dec

Health Screening II
Traditional Games Competition (Aware, Ampe, etc)
Creators Fest II
Trade Fair
Media Avenue

Day 6, 18th Dec

Trade Fair
Games
Most Strongest
DJ Scratch

Day 7, 19th Dec

Mega Trade Fair
Creative Zone
Street Arts
Culture Display
Carnival
Jama

Day 8, 20th Dec

Music Festival
Heritage Night
Food Bazaar
Arts and Vintage Show
Finale Trade Fair
Fashion Party
Honors & Awards Ceremony

Day 9

Thanks Giving

Information & Contact

Location:

Techiman, Bono East
Ghana

Phone:

+233 54 547 5023
+233 54 685 8292
+233 55 493 8590

Email:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday: 9AM - 5PM
Weekends: 10AM - 2PM

Bonokyempem Youth Festival

Bringing it home- Celebrating Our Roots, Culture & Progress

Celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the Bono people of Ghana through youth engagement and community development.

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Contact Information

Techiman, Bono East Region, Ghana

+233 54 547 5023
+233 54 685 8292
+233 55 493 8590

[email protected]

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