Why Kwahus is not joking at Easter | Characteristics

It was from 1876 that Ramseyer and other Basel missionaries settled in Ghana and founded the Presbyterian Church, where Easter was celebrated as a Christian holiday.

Then all Kwahu communities had their annual traditions and festivals, but Easter accepted them and adopted them when they understood the scriptures and stopped consulting Atia Yaw, a traditional priest whose shrine was in Nkwatia Kwahu, Kwahu District. East.

The missionaries who camped at Kwahu Abetifi also had to deal with deities such as Tigari, and the story goes that there were several meetings between the missionaries and the deities with their chief priests until Christianity was anchored on the crest of Kwahu and that Easter takes place between other Christians the feasts have been accepted by society as a whole.

Since then (143 years ago), Easter has become synonymous with Kwahus and the natives from far and near impose the obligation to return home during this period.

Why Easter was adopted

With regard to the adoption of Easter by the Kwahu, a retired teacher, Philip Asiama Opoku, 72, known as Professor Akasanoma, said that the true name of Easter according to the Holy Scriptures is Pbadover. .

"It is to this same Pbadover that Jesus and his family took part and on the eve of the death of Jesus Christ, he ate the last supper with his disciples."

"Easter means that we mourn Jesus Christ and Kwahus by adopting it, we say" we can organize funerals worthy of Jesus, "he told the Daily Graphic.

He recalled that even when he was a child, Kwahus marked Easter, called the Pbadion of Christ (Yesu Amanehunu), namely the suffering of Christ.

"And we have always said that we are going to mark the sufferings of Jesus Christ. So it's the funeral of Christ that we have every year, "said Opoku.

Back home

The head of Obomeng, Od33fuo Nana Effah, Opinamang III, however said: "Easter is a period during which the natives who have come back home to support ongoing projects.

There are not many jobs here, so many citizens have traveled to other cities and towns to work. We urge them to return home during the Easter period to support projects. "

Another reason to celebrate Easter on the Kwahu ridge, aside from the festivities, is to give people who have built houses the opportunity to open them.

"This is an opportunity to know our citizens so we can fall on them if support is needed for any development project," he said.

Owusu Nyami, telling the story of Demuni's Odikro, also recounts: "History tells us that some time ago, Jesus and his family were going to their city for a while. census which they attended regularly.

So we took something from this event and the elders realized that our children scattered everywhere also had to go home every year.

"For some people, without the annual festival, they would never come home. So we chose this period so that all our sons and daughters could go home.

If we meet in this way, the people here will get to know each other. "

He added that this gave people who see natives who are visiting for the first time and express their interest in marrying them the opportunity to approach their families so that they get married.

"It was progressive at first. Each year, we went so it was decided to institutionalize it.

These times, whenever we gather, we invite popular musicians such as C.K. Mann, so that we do not just come home, there is also an aspect of entertainment. "

"So, everyone who visited each year had the chance to meet family and old friends and was also happy. This has persisted until today.

So, when the opportunity arises, we will inform all the natives of the evolution of the house so that those who are doing well can provide support, "he added.

Projects

With regard to the proposed and ongoing projects, Nana Opinamang III revealed at the meeting with the Daily Graphic team that new ground had been proposed, the work of which had not yet started and asked son and the girls to support the start of the work. .

In addition, a group of seniors had been formed and will be unveiled at Easter.

He added that a children's garden had also been created. "Obomeng expands to Nkawkaw and Pankese and the villages under Obomeng are over 16 years old. We have set aside land for a police station in Wawase and the community will join the badembly to reduce the crime rate, "he said.

Another plan is to build a new market in Abepotia to help everyone who goes to Akyem.

Nana Opinamang said, "If we are indeed the cleanest city, we are asking for an incinerator so we can easily burn our waste and produce electricity.

We can do this with the help of some nongovernmental organizations and "Anyone who cuts a tree must plant 10 in his place to preserve the environment."