Odwira Festival: Akuapem Traditional Council to ban drumming and noise making

Odwira Festival: Akuapem Traditional Council to ban drumming and noise making

The Omanhene of Aburi who doubles as the Adontenhehe of Akuapem Traditional Area, Otobour Nana Djan Kwasi II has disclosed to the media that from Wednesday 3th August 2022 to 14th September 2022, the Akuapem Traditional Area will ban drumming and noise making (Adaebutuw) for a month and half to appease the gods and ancestors amidst this year’s Odwira Festival.

He added that, since the Okuapehene and Okuapehemaa has unsettled issues at the National House of Chiefs, there won’t be DURBAR during Odwira and Okuapehene won’t be carried in a palanquin as well.

Otobour disclosed that, all the sub chiefs in the Traditional Area i e Adonten, Benkum, Nifa, Gyaase, Konti etc will also not hold durbar during the Odwira Festivities.

“The Traditional Authority has decided that, right after “Adaebutuw “, two weeks period will be given for people to hold funerals for loved ones”, after that grace period, anyone who default this directive will face the wrath of the Traditional Authority, he added.

Somewhere last week, The Odwira Festival 2022 was launched in Accra to create awareness, an event that saw the outdoor of www.akuapemodwira.com an online portal for this year’s Odwira festival, but according to Otobour Djan Kwasi II, that launch has been cancelled and considered null and void by the Traditional Authority.

SOURCE: Kaakyire Kwasi Afari (Afeema Radio)