Vice President Amissah Arthur celebrates fetu afahye with people of Oguaa


Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur on Saturday joined the chiefs and people of Cape Coast in this year's Fetu Afahye celebration. He also took the opportunity to inspect some ongoing projects in the area including the Kotokuraba market complex and the sports stadium. 

Despite the absence of major events including the procession, it was another colourful ceremony which was climaxed with a grand durbar in Cape Coast.  

Vice president Mr Kwesi Amissah Arthur commended the local artisans contracted to support the Chinese contractors to put up the new Kotokuraba market complex and the sports stadium. 

The Vice president also inspected on-going projects in the Oguaa Municipality.

Fetu Afahye is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of September by communities in the Cape Coast Traditional Area (Oguaa). It is characterised by a durbar of chiefs and processions of "Asafo Companies" (traditional warrior groups) and numerous social organisations. 

Every member of the group is adorned in rich and colourful clothes, thus creating the grandeur of this festival which literally means "adorning of new clothes". 

A procession of the "7 Asafo Companies" in their unique costumes depicts a fusion of the "Fante" and European cultures, (typically, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish and British), which have been sustained over many centuries. Customary rites include the slaughter of a cow to the 77 Deities in the area to obtain their blessings.


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