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General News on Friday, June 14, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-06-14
Pilgrims walked barefoot from Oyibi to Nungua
The leaders and the people of Nungua have started activities to inaugurate the celebration of this year's Kplego festival.
The annual celebration that begins with the filling of a special special jar with sacred water accompanies three times other customs and related practices.
It includes the pilgrimage of Oyibi to Nungua to deliver the first sacred corn harvested year-round to Gborbu Wulomo (Shitse), lord of Gadangme State.
This opens the way for the Gadangme people to begin the consumption of the new maize, which is an important food crop throughout the celebration of the festival.
The sacred corn would be from a generational variety that was planted in the biblical era, when Joseph was sold as a slave.
The sacred maize is then sprinkled by the Gborbu Wulomo (Shitse) in the sanctuaries of all 99 gods of Nungua and, to a large extent, the state of Gadangme.
Throughout the journey from Oyibi to Nungua, no one is allowed to touch the maize until it has been received by the Gborbu Wulomo (Shitse).
Chief Oyibi Gonten and Nungua Manklalo Regent, Nii Bortey Kofi Frankwa II, said in an interview that, according to oral tradition, the Gadangme people who were also in Egypt with the Jews had been sown with some corn seeds and planted them. wherever they settled during their migration process.
Nii Bortey explained that the corn was planted in Oyibi. This year, the pilgrims walked barefoot from Oyibi to Nungua to deliver corn samples to Gborbu Wulomo (Shitse) to prepare the state ground to also start the consumption of the new corn.
He added that Nungua was the first Gadangme state to have arrived in present-day Ghana after his last visit to Benin City, Nigeria.
Notice of prohibition
In addition to the start of consumption of the new corn, Nii Bortey said the general public had been warned that a temporary ban on funerals and rites would be banned from Sunday, May 26 to Monday, July 15, 2019, as part of activities to start the celebration of the festival.
He clarified that the ban would begin after the sacred corn, known locally as Abele, would have been watered by the Gborbu Wulomo Shhse, Wor-Lumo Konor Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII.
"The sacred maize is transported on foot from Oyibi near Dodowa via the various Nungua communities along the road to Nungua, and it is so important that without it, the entire Homowo Gadangme is not celebrated," he said. he declares.
This ban is expected to affect areas such as Nungua Township and surrounding areas, Teshie / Nungua, Buade, AddoGonno, Odikoman, Kweiman (Nungua Barrier Areas), Sakumo Areas, Sakumono District, Lashibi, Klagon, OkpoiGonno , Baatsonaa, Katsobaabi, Borteyman, Santeo, Katamanso, Kweidornuman and the entire community of 18, Oyibi and all towns and villages.
Prohibition of making noise
Meanwhile, it will also be prohibited to make noise in the above mentioned areas from Monday, July 1 at 5 pm to Monday, July 8, 2019 at 6 pm, to make way for the festival which starts on Saturday 6
On Thursday, July 4th, there will be the Awitsemor sacred rites for which all people of Nungua County and its immediate surroundings will be required to stay indoors the following day, from 10pm to 5am.
According to the festival planning committee, the ban must be respected to the maximum to prevent any challenge.
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