E/R: Abonse Odwira Slated for 25th September, 2023

The Chiefs and People of Abonse-Akuapem in the Okere District in the Eastern Region of Ghana are set to celebrate this year's Odwira festival.

The weeklong celebration promises to display the rich and colourful cultural heritage of the people of Abonse under the theme: Unity and Development for New Abonse.

The event which is scheduled for September 25 through to October 1, 2023, would have a line up of a lot of entertainment and recreational activities like Miss Abonse pageantary,live band sessions and an inter-clan football gala.

Other traditional and customary activities like lifting of ban on noisemaking, clearing of path for the arrival of the Odwira, settling disputes, mourning the dead, and feasting are all duly going to be observed.

Odwira festival is one of the most prominent cultural events among the Akuapems in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

*History of Abonse*
Abonse is a historical town situated in the Okere District, southwest of Yilo Krobo District in the Eastern Region off the main Assesseso-Somanya Road close to Agomeda.

Slaves used to be sold at Abonse decades ago, the People of Abonse had to relocate several times over the years to the current settlement due to the slave trade activities, however, the archaeological findings in the area suggest how active and busy the slave market used to be and is evident at the heart of the Abonse township.

Abonse has been existing for over 700 years making it one of the oldest towns in Akuapem and Ghana as a whole.

Credit: Kwaku Aboagye Apenteng