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Tongo-Tengzug Sacred Shrines (Tong Hills)
Tongo Hills, Tengzug, Talensi District, Upper East Region
Ghana
Active (national & cross-regional pilgrimage)
Regional cluster
- Location
- Tongo Hills, Tengzug, Talensi District, Upper East Region
- Coordinates
- ~10.73°N 0.80°W
- Elevation
- Granite Tong Hills (~300 m)
- Size
- Cultural landscape (multiple shrines/hills)
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (Talensi ancestral)
- Status
- Active (national & cross-regional pilgrimage)
- Deity & Religion
- Earth & ancestor shrines — Tona'ab, Bona'ab, Nyoo (Ba'ar Tonna'ab Ya'nee most famous); Talensi traditional religion
- Community & Guardians
- Talensi (Tallensi) people
- Vernacular name
- Tengban (earth shrine) / sacred hills
- Record type
- Regional cluster
Cultural practices & uses
Animal-sacrifice shrines; pilgrimage from Asante & south; historic slave hideout; Golob (Mar) & Bo'araam (Oct-Nov) festivals
Plant species
Sudan-savanna woodland among granite tors
Biome & fauna
Guinea/Sudan savanna; whistling rocks & caves
Threats & protection
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list (Tenzug-Tallensi settlements)
Source
Tenzug-Tallensi settlements, UNESCO tentative #1392; GMMB Tongo-Tengzuk Cultural Landscape