Togo: Guin people mark new year with Sacred Stone ceremony

Thousands of people wearing white clothes: the Guin people.

During the Epé-Ekpé festival, the Ekpé-sosso or literally the taking of the stone ceremony is held.

The annual event takes place between late August and early September in Glidji, south-east Togo.

“It’s our new year, we ask peace and prosperity and our ancestors…