President Akufo -Addo To Attend Senya Bereku Akumase Festival
President Akufo-Addo has declared his stance to grace the occasion himself.
Alex Kwaku Donkor 
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will attend this year's Akumase Festival of the people of Senya Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region.
The chief of Akrosah, Nenyi Kojo Omano II disclosed this to some journalists today to out the general public about the incoming annual Akumase Festival.
Addressing the journalists, Nenyi Kojo Omano has urged the citizens, especially the young people to dress appropriately to welcome the president of the Republic of Ghana to their Akomase festival.
He stated that they were happy that President Akufo-Addo has declared his stance to grace the occasion himself.
The chief stated that they are security measures in place in the area to ensure the safety of the residents.
He used the occasion to sound a word of warnings commercial motor riders popularly known as Okada riders to refrain from excessive driving in the city, especially on the day of the celebration of the festival
"I am calling on our young people to behave properly and wear appropriate clothing both during and after the Senya Bereku Akomase festival celebration, which began Thursday, August 18, 2022.
The Senya Bereku Akumase festival is a traditional farming process that culminates in the August celebration of a bumper harvest in August each year.
It is a festival that recounts the greatest historical famine that ever struck the community and how our ancestors were able to use the systematic agricultural process to combat the affliction, eventually ending it with a bumper harvest.
The festival is celebrated in the third week of August each year.
The celebration is spearheaded by the Nkyiew Anu patrilineal family, who are the custodians of the festival. All other patrilineal families also spearhead one ritual/tradition or the other, making the festival both dramatically splendid and traditionally colorful.
Meanwhile, the festival, being a systematic farming process, starts in mid-February with the performance of various farming rituals and minor festivals and eventually ends with the grand celebration in August.
The Akumase festival also relives the victory of stories of our past and ushers in the new harvest, and it is also the period where the people display the rich tradition and culture with antique uniqueness.
Story: Kwaku Donkoh
