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Odwira Festival ongoing, ends October 4
Sep 29, 2020
The Chiefs and people of Okuapeman on Monday (September 28, 2020) began their celebration of this year's annual Odwira festival which ends on October 4, 2020, at Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region.
Themed “A Safe Smart Okuapeman”, this year’s Festival is the 194th edition of the traditional festival and it is scheduled to take place in a safe and socially distanced environment with programs curated to equip students with the relevant skills, breast screening for the general public and donations of educational and essential materials needed to stay safe during the Coronavirus pandemic.
A press release signed by the Gyaasehene of Akuapem who doubles as the Chairman of the Odwira Planning Committee, Nana Osim-Kwatia said this year’s festival promises to maintain its usual colourful, vibrant and diverse cultural expression and experience in an environment where all the COVID-19 safety protocols will be strictly observed.
"Amidst the global Covid-19 pandemic and with the installation of the newest and youngest Paramount Chief in Ghana; OSEADEEYO KWASI AKUFFO III, the theme for the Odwira 2020 is “A Safe Smart Okuapeman” by delivering 3 distinct and mutually related goals - (1) Culture, Identity and Leadership, (2) Smart Learning (3) Smart Togetherness," the statement said.
"For nearly 200 years, generations of Akropong, Amanokrom and Aburi have annually celebrated the Odwira festival which was initiated by Nana Addo Dankwa 1, who was then the 19th Okuapehene of Akuapem. The celebration is linked to the victory of the people of Okuapeman over the then powerful Asante army during the historic battle of Katamansu near Dodowa in 1826. Being a Yam festival, traditionally, the timing of Odwira also coincides with the harvest season of the New Yam when there is abundant food; gratitude for the harvest is especially expressed in “feeding” the ancestors".
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