Amu (brown rice) Festival

Festival of the chiefs and people of the Avatime Traditional Area at Avatime Gbadzeme in the Volta Region.

The chiefs and people of Vane together with their kinsmen from the Avatime Traditional Area celebrate the AMU or Rice Festival through the week leading to, and on the first weekend in the month of November every year. This festival is celebrated in lieu of the agricultural activities forming the major economic activity of the people and rice cultivated as a staple.