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Showing posts with label Festivals. Show all posts

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. 

Thursday, 9 April 2015

WENNIBA ABOAKYERE FESTIVAL

Winneba, is the capital town of Effutu Municipal District in the Central Region which lies along the western stretch of the Coastal Plains of Ghana. The Winneba township is populated by over 60,331 people. The name 'Winneba', was derived from 'Windy Bay' as it was refered to in the colonial days. The town is traditionally known as Simpa, and is a popular and historic fishing port in southern Ghana. The terrain is about 90 miles (140 km) east of Cape Coast and about 50km from Accra towards the south-western border. 

The town is currently an educational town with a university and training colleges among pool of first and second cycle schools. This coupled with it's popular traditional festival (The Aboakyere Festival) makes town very popular in the country. The festival comes on every first week in May. 

Below are few pictures taken of the town during the 2015 Aboakyere Festival. 

The pictures are yet to be uploaded......