The
Ghanaian festivals are a colorful and vibrant part of the culture.
Each year festivals and durbars are held in various parts of the
country, to celebrate the heritage of the people...
ABOAKYER FESTIVAL
This Festival is celebrated by the people of Simpa or Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.
The festival is a celebration to mark the migration of these people
from the ancient Western Sudan Empire where they were led by 2 brothers
and a god called Otu. Upon consulting their god, they were instructed by
their traditional priest or mediator between the people and the god to
sacrifice a young member of the Royal family every year to their god.
This was not good news so they made an appeal to their god who asked
for an animal from the wild cat family to be caught alive and beheaded
before the god.
Before the festival began they settled the god at a place called Penkye hence the god became Penkyi Otu. When the people went out to hunt down the wild cat they lost so many men before capturing it alive. This caused the second appeal. Penkyi Otu decided to accept a mature bush buck this looks like a deer.
The people
of Simpa sang this story in their war chants and told it during moonlit
nights. It was kept and protected till it could be written in English
for all to read.
Join the people of Winneba to celebrate this years ABOAKYER FESTIVAL (Deer hunting). Come and witness this great spectacular event in Ghana, to hunt live Deer and bring it to the durbar to perform rites for the festival seeking prosperity among the people.
