🇹🇬 Togo
🥁 Cultural & heritage
Evala Festival
Traditional initiation ritual and wrestling festival
When
July 15 · annually
Next: Thursday, 15 Jul 2027
Duration
7 days
Where
Togo
Where it happens
The Evala festival is a major cultural event among the Kabye people of northern Togo. It combines traditional wrestling matches with initiation rites for young men. The festival includes wrestling tournaments, traditional music, dance performances, and ceremonies marking the passage into manhood.
How it's celebrated
Wrestling competitions, initiation ceremonies, traditional music and dance
The culture
Attire
Traditional Kabye ceremonial dress
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Last updated 19 Jul 2026.