Atukpai ends Homowo Festival
Accra (Greater Accra)
30 September 2002- The chiefs and people of the Atukpai traditional area in
Accra, on Saturday began activities to mark the end of this year's
Homowo Festival and
also to remember their past heroes.
The event had been
abandoned for over a 100 years because the Atukpai stool had been vacant for a
long time. The Public Relation Officer of the Stool, Reverend Samuel Okwei
Mensah said the celebration, which had been re-introduced to be an annual
affair, was aimed at creating awareness and promoting interaction between the
people of Atukpai and their leadership to steer the socio-economic and cultural
development of the area.
As part of activities
to mark the celebration, the elders of the stool, led by Nii Tetteh Tsuru II,
Otukpai Mantse trekked to the meditation seat of the father of the family, Nii
Tetteh I, on the Hill Top at Kwabenya to pay homage to their ancestors whose
toil had left a legacy of glory for the current generation.
Later in the day the
Atukpai Asafo Company, matched through some streets of the Atukpai area to meet
the in-coming entourage of chiefs, elders and queen mothers from Kwabenya where
a mini durbar was held at TA Tsoshioshie.
At the ceremony, where
the warriors of the stool were assembled for movement to the war front in times
of war, various rituals including the holy water bath, wreath laying, libation
pouring, among other things were performed to end the event.
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