Easter festival in Kwahu
Many of us have felt an extra longing for home now that it has been Easter and those at home have been to the mountains skiing in the glorious Easter weather. Fortunately, we have also celebrated Easter here in Cape Coast, and in the best possible way!
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View the original article here.It's almost time for us to head home from our studies in Ghana. The weeks have flown by so incredibly fast! Our time here has been amazing and we've learned so much, both in the classroom, in everyday life in Cape Coast, and through our fieldwork.
It feels very strange that we are going home to Norway in less than a week. We have mixed feelings because we miss our family and friends back home, while at the same time we know that we are going to miss everyday life here in Ghana.
During Easter, we were visited by Rune from Kulturstudier. He came from Norway to check on how we were doing and how everything was going, but most importantly: he brought Norwegian sweets! After nine weeks in Ghana, it was truly a bliss to taste Norwegian candy again. Each room received its own Easter egg!
We had a shorter school week than usual with a day off on Good Friday, and used the long weekend to go to the Easter festival in Kwahu. We drove our school bus all the way to the festival, about 7 hours each way including a couple of food breaks along the way.
The Easter festival in Kwahu features a variety of different activities and events that visitors can participate in. The festival is especially known for paragliding, but also offers other activities for those who do not wish to partake in the paragliding.
There are great opportunities for hiking during the day, and then there's a carnival in the streets in the evening.
Seven of us decided that we wanted to paraglide, and did so on Saturday morning. None of us had tried paragliding before, so we waited excitedly while watching others paraglide before us.
It was quite nerve-wracking to run down the hill before we took off, but suddenly we were up in the air and gliding over the city. It was an incredible feeling. My instructor asked if I wanted a calm ride or if I wanted to spin with the wind.
I wanted to try spinning, and it was really like a roller coaster up in the air. Talk about butterflies in the stomach!
We were in Kwahu from Friday to Saturday, and several of the students chose to be dropped off in the capital Accra instead of going all the way to Cape Coast on Saturday. This was a great opportunity to experience the capital and all it has to offer.
People were particularly excited to try some of the many different restaurants that are available there.
This will be my last blog post from my study time in Ghana, and I would like to encourage everyone who is curious to apply for this semester!
It has truly been a unique experience, and we wouldn't have missed it for the world.
We have experienced so much: delightful days at the beach, exciting Ghanaian food, independent fieldwork in a foreign place, weekend excursions, a fantastic student environment, engaging lectures, and much more.
