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By Muyid Deen Suleman, RNG
Kumasi, March 28, GNA – The Manhyia Palace in
Kumasi witnessed Wednesday's scene of picturesque dance performances and
performances of hundreds of traditional priests and priestesses, who
done what is traditionally called
"Dance Atano".
The event announced activities aligned to mark
the 20th anniversary celebrations of the enthronement of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II,
Asantehene, as king of Asante.
The forecourt of the Royal Palace, the seat of
Asantehene and occupying the golden stool, saw the traditional priests,
numbering over 1000 performing traditional dance, to summon the spirits of
the Asante gods to protect the Asante kingdom and its occupant, from any
difficult situation and ensure a better future for the people of Asanteman.
Some of the priests, dressed in white sheets of
waist up to the knees, had the face and shirtless painted white
talc with amulets around their waist, while others wore engraved talisman
traditional blouses.
Filming in artistic dance movements for
traditional drumming and lyrics, they presented their supernatural powers with the
mbadacre of rams to pacify the gods.
At 11 am, the entire forecourt of the
The palace of Manhyia was covered with a sea of people from all walks of life, who
satisfies their curiosity by attending traditional shows and
demonstrations – a beautiful representation of the rich culture Asante and
tradition.
Priests frolicking in tradition
dances and some of them who seemed possessed by their divinities, sometimes
invoked money and other items like eggs, that some people in the crowd
scrambled to put their hands.
From their body language, the traditional
priests and priestesses seemed to be competing because they
tried to display various skills and powers, to demonstrate their supremacy.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is mounted in Golden
Stool in 1999 after succeeding his brother, Otumfuo Opoku Ware II.
Since his enthronement, Otumfuo Osei Tutu has
mix of tradition and modernity to enhance the image of the chieftaincy
institutions and Asanteman.
GNA
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