Make celebration of Heritage Month compulsory

 Heritage or Ghana Month is an annual event held in March to commemorate Ghana’s Independence and rich cultural heritage.

The event, which is celebrated across the country is gradually gaining momentum as schools and organisations have been patronis­ing the event with various activ­ities and programmes displaying Ghana’s rich culture.

Recently, in a vibrant display of Ghana’s culture students of Antoa Senior High School in the Ashan­ti Region joined forces with the Centre for National Culture (CNC) to launch the 2025 Ghana Month celebration.

According to our reporter, the event was a mixture of traditional cloth demonstrations, dance les­sons, poetry recitals, and proverbs competitions as students and staff donned colourful tradition­al attires, showcasing their rich cultural heritage with infectious enthusiasm.

Some organisation like media houses were also not left out in the celebration of Ghana Month with Newscasters dressed in their traditional attires showcasing their culture while reading the news.

Such celebrations should be encouraged as one of the excited students of Antoa SHS exclaimed, “I never knew how rich our Gha­naian culture was until today. I’m proud to be Ghanaian.” This is a testimony of how the celebration will remind students of their roots and instill in them national values.

Ghana has so many cultures which are hidden and its time to make these cultures to project our rich Ghanaian culture to the outside world.

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) should collaborate with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ghana Dance Ensemble to make the Ghana Month more visible in schools by organising activities to educate students on Ghanaian cultural values and norms, to promote national pride and identity.

The Spectator encourages the organisers to extend the cele­bration to more schools. This can be done through debates, essay writing competitions, among oth­ers to share Ghana’s rich heritage. It will help to revive the cultural spirit among the youth to become ambassadors of Ghana’ culture.

GTA must also take advantage of Ghana Month and team up with the hospitality industry such as restaurants, hoteliers, Chop Bar operators, among others to organise a traditional cuisine festival like cooking and eating competitions among organisations and associations to boost tourism in Ghana. Such competitions will give people insight into the prepa­rations of Ghanaian local foods and drinks, and promote healthy living in families. The fashion in­dustry should also come on board to help take Ghana Month a notch higher.

In the words of the Acting Regional Director of the CNC in the Ashanti Region, Mr Peter Kofi Marfo “Let us Wear Ghana, Eat Ghana, See Ghana, Speak Ghana, Hear and Dance Ghana, togeth­er, we’ll keep our cultural flame burning bright.”

The Spectator is hopeful that by making the celebration of Ghana Month compulsory. Ghanaians will remain committed to promoting their rich culture and heritage, for future generations.