Learning...Christmas in Ghana

Today we explored an African Christmas, focusing on Ghana.  Some interesting things we learned are…..

• Ghanians wear colorful clothing for Christmas
• Christmas celebrations last for 8 days in Ghana
• Ghanians eat a dish called “fufu” on Christmas

Kente is the a colorful African cloth used to make the clothes you might see the Ghanians wearing on to church on Christmas Eve.  We wove paper to make our own Kente “cloths”.

We used this helpful video by United Art and Ed for instruction.

One resource we are using for our Christmas Around the World study is Operation World’s website. We can select a country and learn some demographics, including how many Christians are in that country. Additionally, Operation World shares prayer points for each country.

What resources do you use to learn about other cultures?