This was born out of my passion to create a bead village
for all of us bead lovers in Ghana and beyond. The whole aim is to have a one
stop event centre for us to meet every year with all our beautiful collections.
It took a lot of researching and planning to put the festival together at the
most appropriate location which was the famous Cape Coast Castle. This location
was most idle because of its rich historical background and we had enough space
to use as well.
The festival attracted a lot of our bead friends from
Koforidua and Dodowa in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Two days of history, trendy colourful textures of all kinds
of stones and bead jewellery.
I hope this will begin the yearly festival of beads to
celebrate our rich culture and unique bead making skills of recycled glass
which are hand painted.
The performance by the Dipo group from Ago Menya was very
interesting giving a fun rhythm of culture to the event. Dipo is a puberty rite
festival which ushers teenage girls into womanhood. They are adorned with
lovely beads to accentuate their curves.
The final day of Bead Festival in Cape Coast was a fun
filled time with whooping discounts by our bead friends from all over Ghana.
