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Friday 6 November 2015

MEPE APENORTOR FESTIVAL 2015

Mepe is a community that is situated along the popular Lake Volta where it heads toward Ada through Sogakope.

The festival signify the reunion of the factions that build them up. It offers the people in the diaspora the opportunity to pay sacred homages every year and pacify their gods. They also use the occasion to foster socioeconomic development around the area.

It is marked by the display of the true African regalia and the other prime features of their culture. The music and dance, canoe paddling competition, the grand durbar of dignitaries among other topics made up their program lists. It is attended by not less than 1million folks over the one week period it spans even though natives spend a mean of one month. It enjoys recognition from the wider public and is respected for prevailing and promoting our cultural heritage in its original standing.

Grand supports for the Apenortor Za, 2015 could be seen from Guinness, Star, Royal Macito, Sun City among others.

The festival this year, 2015 was spectacular as it has always been upon every successive one. Below are some pictures from the ground.