Prampram celebrate Homowo

Prampram, Aug 20, GNA - The Chiefs and people of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region on Tuesday, started activities marking their two-day Annual Homowo festival.

Homowo of the Ga-Adangbe people literally mean "hooting at hunger," traditionally signifies a period of abundant harvest after a prolonged famine.

The day was marked with the sprinkling of Kpokpoi, pouring of libation and drumming, dancing and singing of Asafo songs thorough the principal streets of the town.

This year's celebration is under the theme "Peace and development". Nene Tetteh Djan III, Paramount Chief, accompanied by his elders, sprinkled Kpokpoi at Annorwe (the ancestral ruling house of Prampram), Tetteh Djan/Larbi Agbo We (Royal house), Nii Kwei Opletu We, and Doku Mansro We the main entrance to the town and the streets to signify the beginning of the festival.

Nene Djan called for unity and peace to enable the people to plan and execute development projects and said division and litigation were not in the interest of the town since they rather retard progress. He urged the people to use dialogue to solve their problems.

Nene Djan said that the celebration of Homowo should be used for family gathering for the settlement of disputes, planning funerals, marriages, divorce and the performance of Dipo (puberty rites).

He advised the people not to waste their resources on litigation and disputes, which retarded progress and development.

The Chief regretted that Prampram had no Senior Secondary School even though they hired lawyers at great cost to litigate.

"The courts although can take a decision, the decision cannot satisfy both parties. We want peace and we want development as the resources that we are wasting in the courts, I believe we can channel them to better uses in Prampram".

"What are we striving for, if we are asking for peace we are asking for peace so that development can take place in Prampram. No development can take place in a chaotic situation; investors would not even come.

"We have to count ourselves blessed as the government is today commissioning the Sport complex of Excellence in our town. This project is going to create job, a lot of opportunities for our people but if we are in a chaotic environment we cannot benefit as a people".

He advised the people against HIV/AIDS, saying, "It is spreading like a wide fire and if we play with it we will get it and if we get it we are certainly going to die" and called on the youth especially to be careful with their life.

Earlier Mr Kwame Tetteh-Konly Agban, District Chief Executive for Dangme West, urged them to unite for the development of the area. He recalled the recent working visit of the President and the commissioning of the Sports complex and asked the people show their appreciation for the gesture by working harder to enhance the living condition of the people. 20 Aug 03