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Nabasim Festival in Zebilla
Nabasim is registered as an annual traditional festival of Zebilla, capital of the Bawku West District in Ghana's Upper East Region, an area home to Bissa and Kusasi communities. Independent documentation of the festival's specific program, dates, and rituals is limited, so it is best treated as a genuine but under-documented local tradition rather than a well-established, fully confirmed public event.
Nabasim is listed among Ghana's recognized traditional festivals as an annual observance of Zebilla, the capital of the Bawku West District in the Upper East Region, an area whose population includes Bissa speakers, particularly of the Lebir or Western Bissa dialect, alongside Kusasi communities speaking the Atoende Kusaal dialect.