Festival Warba du Ganzourgou
Traditional Dance · Zorgho, Burkina Faso
The festival
The Ganzourgou Warba Festival is the great biennial rendez-vous of Warba dance, the emblematic traditional dance of the Moaga people, organized in Zorgho by the Association Génération Montante pour le Développement du Ganzourgou (AGMDG), with technical support from Nephtali Média. Launched in 1999, it held its 5th edition in December 2018, before several years of interruption linked to the security situation.
Its 6th edition, from November 27 to 29, 2026, marks its great comeback, on the theme “Warba, living heritage of Ganzourgou”: troupe competitions from 13 provinces across 7 regions of Burkina Faso, the Warba Ambassador contest, a market street, an exhibition opening at the Warba Museum — which preserves the festival's instruments, regalia and photographs — and a winners' night as the grand finale in Ouagadougou. The venues: the Maison des Jeunes of Zorgho and the Warba Museum.
Good to know
6th edition: November 27 – 29, 2026, theme “Warba, living heritage of Ganzourgou”; official launch announced at a press conference on September 10, 2026 in Zorgho; organizer: AGMDG (founded in 1997); edition held under the presidency of the Minister of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism, Pingdwendé Gilbert Ouédraogo, and the patronage of Dr Ousmane Bougouma.