Dipo Rites be one of de most popular traditional puberty rite  wey menners dey criticize for Ghana waa, but esan be one of de most attended event for de country inside, wey esan get huge patronage from tourists. De traditional festival be festival wey Odumase krobo menners wey dem dey Eastern region for Ghana wey dey celebrate am. Dem dey celebrate this festival for de month of April every year. The festival dey use to welcome girls wey neva dey woman yet or wey neva reach puberty enter womanhood. E show say di girl wey dey participate get age to marry. When parents hear say the festival don start dem go send dier qualified girls go chief priest. But dem girls go need pass through rituals and test to show say dem still pure before dem qualify to join the festival.    

On the first day of the rite, dem go shave the head of the girls and dress dem with cloth wey dem go tie only for their knee level.  Dis one na special ritual mother go do am and e show say dem girls don transition from childhood to adulthood. Dem go parade dem show the whole community as the initiates (dipo-yo).    

Early de next morning, de chief priest go give the initiates ritual bath.  E go pour libation make e beg blessings for de girls.  E go wash their legs with blood of goat wey dier parents bring. Dis one na to chase away any spirit of barrenness. De important part of the rite na when the girls go sit for the sacred stone. Dis one na to prove say dem still pure. But if any girl dem catch say she dey pregnant or she no pure, dem go hate her for de community and no man go wan marry her from demma tribe.        

Dem go keep demma girls for one week wey dem go teach dem how to cook, keep house and take care of child.  De ritual mothers go teach dem special lessons on how to make man happy. Dem go learn how to do Klama dance wey dem go perform on the final day of the rites.         

After one week of schooling dem go release dem,  de whole community go gather  celebrate de transition of the girls as dem enta womanhood.  Dem go dress dem well with nice kente cloth and dem go put beads for dem waist, neck and arms. Dem go sing and play drum while dem perform the Klama dance. At this point any man wey get interest for any of dem fit start to investigate dier family.  Dem go assume say any lady wey take part for de rite go bring honor not only to herself but also to her family. De purpose na to teach young women about demma responsibilities before dem enter marriage.

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Ghanaian culture
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Rites of passage