Editing Togo (section)

== Culture ==
{{Main|Culture of Togo|Music of Togo}}
[[File:Togo Taberma house 04.jpg|thumb|Taberma houses]]
The culture reflects the influences of ethnic groups, the largest of which are the [[Ewe people|Ewe]], [[Mina people|Mina]], Tem, Tchamba and [[Kabre]]. Some people follow native [[animistic]] practices and beliefs.

Ewe statuary is characterized by its [[statuettes]] which illustrate the worship of the [[ibeji]]. Sculptures and hunting trophies were used rather than the "more ubiquitous" African masks. The wood-carvers of [[Kloto]] has their "chains of marriage": Two characters are connected by rings whittled from one piece of wood.

The dyed fabric [[batik]]s of the artisanal centre of Kloto represent stylized and coloured scenes of ancient everyday life. There are loincloths used in the ceremonies of the weavers of Assahoun. Works of the painter Sokey Edorh are inspired by the "immense arid extents, swept by the dry wind", and where the soil keeps the prints of the men and the animals. The plastics technician [[Paul Ahyi]] practiced the "zota", a kind of pyroengraving, and his monumental achievements decorate [[Lomé]].

[[Basketball]] is Togo's "second most practiced sport".<ref>{{cite news |author1=Kayi Lawson |title=Le basketball, une discipline en quêtes de moyen et de vocations au Togo |url=https://www.voaafrique.com/a/le-basketball-une-discipline-en-qu%C3%AAtes-de-moyen-et-de-vocations-au-togo/5907971.html |accessdate=7 August 2021 |work=VOA Afrique |date=28 May 2021 |language=French |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104103533/https://www.voaafrique.com/a/le-basketball-une-discipline-en-qu%C3%AAtes-de-moyen-et-de-vocations-au-togo/5907971.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Togo featured a national team in [[beach volleyball]] that competed at the [[2018–2020 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup]] in the men's section.<ref>{{cite news |title=Continental Cup Finals start in Africa |url=https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/continental-cup-finals-start-in-africa?id=94414 |accessdate=7 August 2021 |work=[[FIVB]] |date=22 June 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807141038/https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/continental-cup-finals-start-in-africa?id=94414 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Mass media in Togo]] includes radio, television, and online and print formats. The {{interlanguage link|Agence Togolaise de Presse|fr|Agence togolaise de presse}} news agency began in 1975.<ref name=Europ2003>{{cite book |title= Africa South of the Sahara 2003 |series= Regional Surveys of the World |publisher= [[Europa Publications]] |issn= 0065-3896 |chapter= Togo: Directory |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1KBP7QbalX0C |page= 1106+ |year= 2003 |isbn= 9781857431315 |ref= {{harvid|Europa|2003}} |access-date= 21 February 2021 |archive-date= 18 May 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240518182153/https://books.google.com/books?id=1KBP7QbalX0C |url-status= live }}</ref> The Union des Journalistes Independants du Togo press association is headquartered in Lomé.<ref name=Europ2003/> [[Togolese Television]] is the state-owned service.