Some Banda citizens at the fire festival<\/strong><\/p>\nBANDAS AT Wenchi in the Bono
\nRegion over the weekend celebrated the Bandajon Bene Fire Festival with calls
\non members of the ethnic group living everywhere in the country to unite for
\ndevelopment.<\/p>\n
The colourful durbar of chiefs and people amidst dancing and drumming and firing of musketry was graced by His Royal Majesty of Buipe, Abudulai Jinapor II. <\/p>\n
In his welcome address, Wenchi
\nBandahene, Alhahji Iddrisus Mamaudu Midoshi said the celebration of Bandajon
\nBene Fire festival this year was to signify the restoration of peace.\u00a0 He regretted that the festival could not be
\ncelebrated on three successive years due to the misunderstanding between some
\nexecutives of the Banda Heritage Council. \u201cWe must allow peace a chance to
\nunite us all for development\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u00a0The rich culture of Krubi festival which is
\nobserved by women must not be hijacked by men an anomaly which is the origin of
\na misunderstanding between the men and women, he said. Alhaji Iddrissu asked
\nall Bandas to eschew factionalism and come under the umbrella of the Bandajon
\nBene Fire Festival for development and progress. \u201cThe presence of Buipewura was
\nto show the peaceful coexistence between the people of Gonja and Banda so let\u2019s
\nall take advantage of it,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n
Buipewura, Abdulai Jinapor II, who was the special guest of honour, in a speech called on all Muslims to unite and promote education for development. According to him, the tagging of Muslim communities with all kind of social vices such as violence, robbery, and disrespect for the elderly, prostitution and hard drugs must give way to the promotion of education of Muslim children for development. \u201cLet us take advantage of the Free SHS introduced by Akufo-Addo\u2019s government and educate our children,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n
He also pleaded with Muslims
\nto reconsider the tradition of marrying many wives that lead to proliferation
\nof children thus making it difficult to take adequate care of them. <\/p>\n
The festival brought together
\nall Bandas living at Menji, Nanamass, Sampa, Banda Ahenkro, Wenchi and
\nKintampo.\u00a0 Let us allow all bandas living
\neverywhere to come under the Banda Heritage Council for development and allow
\nthe continuous celebration of Krubi to be in the hands of women to promote our
\nrich culture. <\/p>\n
\u00a0Individual Banda chiefs should maintain their
\nauthority within their areas of jurisdiction but when it comes to observation
\nof Bandajon Bene Fire Festival at Wenchi, Wenchi Bandanhene supersedes all, a member
\nof the Banda Heritage Council said.<\/p>\n
danielyaodayee@yahoo.com <\/strong><\/p>\nFROM Daniel Y Dayee, Wenchi <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some Banda citizens at the fire festival BANDAS AT Wenchi in the Bono Region over the weekend celebrated the Bandajon Bene Fire Festival with calls on members of the ethnic group living everywhere in the country to unite for development. The colourful durbar of chiefs and people amidst dancing and drumming and firing of musketry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":721278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-721277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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