Just like the Bugum Festival, the Damba festival too is a religious festival celebrated to mark the birth and naming of the Prophet Mohammed. This festival is celebrated by the people of Mamprusi, Nanumba, Dagbon and Gonja. Recently this festival which hitherto was purely religious has taken a traditional twist and is also used to introduce the new yam crop.

Bugum festival is celebrated by the people of Dagon, Nanumba, Mamprusi and Gonja in the Northern part of Ghana. It holds a lot of religious significance although it is a traditional occasion. The festival is mainly celebrated in January to remember the flight of the Holy Prophet Mohammed from Mecca into Medina in exile. That is why it has some religious connotation. In this festival, to commemorate the Prophet’s escape, the people process from nearby villages. In the night, they hold torches and march together following the chief as he invokes certain spiritual words.