BECE JHS
A festival remembers an event or thanks God for a harvest. It also gathers a community.
Christian festivals on the syllabus include Christmas, which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, and Easter, which celebrates the resurrection. Muslim festivals include Eid al Fitr, which marks the end of the Ramadan fast, and Eid al Adha, the festival of sacrifice, which remembers the willingness of Ibrahim to obey God. Traditional festivals are tied to a people and a story. Homowo, among the Ga, celebrates a harvest and mocks hunger. Aboakyer, among the Effutu of Winneba, is the deer hunting festival. Hogbetsotso, among the Anlo Ewe, remembers the journey from Notsie.
Festivals do religious work and social work. People worship, remember, and settle quarrels. Families travel home. The young learn the story of the group. When you describe a festival, give the people, the event it marks, and one custom a visitor would actually see. A list of names with no story earns the name marks only.
Match the festival to the right people. Homowo is Ga, not Asante. Hogbetsotso is Anlo. Aboakyer is Effutu, at Winneba. Eid al Fitr follows Ramadan. Eid al Adha is the sacrifice, not the end of the fast. Do not swap them. Christmas is the birth of Jesus. Easter is the resurrection, not the birth.
These are practice questions in the style of the paper, with a model answer and a mark scheme. They are not a promise of what your paper will ask.
4 marks
Name the people associated with each festival, and state what the festival remembers or celebrates.
(a) Homowo (2 marks)
(b) Hogbetsotso (2 marks)
(a) The Ga people. It celebrates the harvest and mocks hunger.
(b) The Anlo Ewe. It remembers their migration from Notsie.
3 marks
(a) What does Christmas celebrate? (1 mark)
(b) What does Easter celebrate? (1 mark)
(c) Which Muslim festival marks the end of Ramadan? (1 mark)
(a) The birth of Jesus Christ.
(b) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(c) Eid al Fitr.
2 marks
State two social benefits of a traditional festival, apart from worship. (2 marks)
Families reunite, and disputes can be settled while the community is together.
More questions on this topic are inside GLearn, marked as you answer, with the reason written out. The first ones need no account.
Practise Religious and Moral Education freeEid al Fitr marks the end of the Ramadan fast. Eid al Adha is the festival of sacrifice. It remembers Ibrahim's willingness to obey God. They are not two names for one day.
Homowo is a Ga festival. It celebrates the harvest and mocks hunger, recalling a time of famine that the people survived. It is not an Akan festival. All BECE Religious and Moral Education past questions