With her majestic dancing steps, calculated body moves and captivating smiles before a chief, Mrs\u00a0Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, had no idea she was offering herself for marriage.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cl was later prompted by a linguist that a lady dancing before chiefs is a sign of availability to attract their proposal. So, I stopped immediately and now I have vowed not to dance in front of a chief again,\u201d she said amidst laughter and cheers from the audience.<\/p>\n The Minister was sharing her experience and lessons learnt from the customs, traditions and culture at the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC) in Cape Coast.<\/p>\n To her amazement, she revealed that she received a phone call immediately after the dance from a chief, whose name she did not mention, proposing to her, adding; \u201cignorance in our customs and traditions cannot be taken for granted. It\u2019s no joke.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cl nearly committed a blunder ooo,\u201d she said as the audience screamed in excitement over the incident.<\/p>\n Mrs Assan observed that the event was not only entertaining but also very educative with many lessons to take home, commending the organisers and participants for its success.<\/p>\n She, therefore, called for the incorporation of the teaching and learning of Ghanaian traditions in the education system to improve the quality of life of the people.<\/p>\n The NAFAC, she noted, should be a platform to enlighten the people more on the cultural practices and traditions, their unique identity.<\/p>\n The Central Region put up a splendid show when it enacted the installation of the Safohen (Chief Warrior) to the admiration of the audience.<\/p>\n NAFAC is celebrated every two years on rotational basis to provide a platform to showcase the diversity and richness in Ghana\u2019s ethnic and regional cultures to stimulate peace and unity.<\/p>\n The last time the Central Region hosted the event was in 1996, some 26 years ago.<\/p>\n Source: Graphic.com.gh<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With her majestic dancing steps, calculated body moves and captivating smiles before a chief, Mrs\u00a0Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, had no idea she was offering herself for marriage. \u201cl was later prompted by a linguist that a lady dancing before chiefs is a sign of availability to attract their proposal. So, I stopped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1268832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7951,628,1223,503,102,17677],"class_list":["post-1268831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-dance","tag-marriage","tag-minister","tag-move","tag-offers","tag-unknowingly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/joinwhatsapp.jpg\")
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