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Tanoboase Sacred Grove & Shrine
Tanoboase, near Techiman, Bono East Region
Ghana
Active (Apoo festival; CBEP since 1996)
Single grove
- Location
- Tanoboase, near Techiman, Bono East Region
- Coordinates
- ~7.68°N 1.95°W
- Elevation
- Sandstone rock formations
- Size
- Not specified (grove + rock shrine)
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (cradle of the Bono people)
- Status
- Active (Apoo festival; CBEP since 1996)
- Deity & Religion
- Taakora/Tano (Akan god of war & protection) at the Tano River source; Akan traditional religion
- Community & Guardians
- Bono people (Tanoboase)
- Vernacular name
- Tano shrine grove
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Tano-river-god shrine; Apoo festival (spiritual cleansing, Apr/May); historic war hideout; rock shrine (entrance, durbar ground, hideout, watchtower)
Plant species
Dry semi-deciduous grove among sandstone rocks
Biome & fauna
Bono dry semi-deciduous forest & rock formations
Threats & protection
Community-Based Ecotourism Project (1996); biodiversity & heritage conservation
Source
Tanoboase Sacred Grove and Shrine (Wikipedia); Visit Ghana