Diasporans exhibits traditional dance

It was an awesome day as Ga traditional dance with music was displayed at the Abeka Mantse Agbonaa Palace, where those in the diaspora danced amazingly to some traditional tunes of the Ga people, signified as a means of unifying the Ghanaian spirit in them.

Organised by the Black Star Travel Group in collaboration with The Adinkra Group and KOW Enterprise, the dance show exhibited extraordinary cultural values of the Gas, especially the customs of the people of Abeka in the Greater Accra Region.

Performed under the auspices of Abeka Manye, Naa Ayeley I, and with approval from the Abeka Mantse, Nii Boi IV, some sensational cultural troupes from the Abeka traditional area mesmerized patrons with their sterling dance performances at the durbar.

Deputy Secretary at the Abeka Mantse Palace, Nii Armah said the dance at the durbar for the was significant to maintaining the Ga culture and preserving Ghana’s values at large, adding that, “it redefines us and the people in the diaspora and helps us trace our roots from where we originate from”.

He admonished Ghanaians to value their culture and always respect it and called on the diasporans to always come and witness the rich culture of the Ga people.

Director of the Black Star Travel Group, Mr. Kofi Osei – Williams, said the group would make this programme an annual event to unify and bring the members of the diaspora to their roots.

He highlighted the need for Ghanaians to cherish their culture, because “you can never take somebody’s culture and completely make it yours”, he stated.

Mr. Diallo Sumbry, Founder of Adinkra Group, cautioned the youth of Ghana to hold their culture in high esteem because “if the youth do not maintain their culture, the rich culture of Ghana will die and when the culture dies, a part of an individual dies because culture is part of humans”.

By Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah