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Massive turn-out at Kwahu Easter celebrations
By Abdul Salam Sule
Accra, April 13, Ghanadot - To the
people of Kwahu in the Eastern Region, Easter is a festival
that js celebrated amidst pomp and pageantry. Thus,
from Friday April 10, when the celebration started,
residents in the various towns on the Kwahu ridge
saw
massive increases in population and it
was all about Easter.
At Kwahu Obomeng for instance, thousands of people besieged
the main road and danced to music from giant speakers placed
by bar operators. They were also live programmes which were
organised by some of the renowned radio stations in the
country and prominent musicians performed to the delight of
the celebrants.
No wonder the various chiefs in the area capitalised on the
ocassion to organise fund raising events to help finance
their projects.
Many companies also used the occasion to market their
products and this year was no exception.
However, past Easter celebrations left in its wake ugly
incidents such as road accidents, stealing and sometimes
murder. Ghanadot found out that, this year's celebration
was peaceful as the rate of accidents
was reduced.
Also crime rate was also low compared to
past years as no death due to
crime was
recorded this year, compare to last year when one person
was killed.
The police has therefore been commended by the people for
dispatching their personnel to all the flash points in the
area hence, the reduction in crime rate.
In an interview with GhanaDot, Mr Yussif Issa said, though
he was a Muslim, he was touched by the way the people in the
area celebrated the Easter and that
was why he traveled far
away from Tamale to the Kwahu ridge to celebrate the
occasion.
"Easter without Kwahu is indeed not Easter", he observed.
Ghanadot
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