[ 2014-07-25 ]

Before Ghana's National Friday wear, there was the Ewe Kente Festival
The annual Agbamevorza (Kente Festival) marked in
the Volta region is an ethnic example of the
National Friday Wear where Ghanaians are
encouraged to wear a local fabric anywhere they go
especially work.

And so before government saw the need for cultural
preservation strategy in 2004, the chiefs and
people of the Agotime Traditional Area in the
Volta Region, had instituted something similar
nine years earlier - in 1995.

Nineteen years on, the people of Agotime will once
again showcase the lavish use of the Kente cloth
and project the cultural and aesthetic values of
the cloth when they assemble all the indigenes to
celebrate Agbamevorza.



It will take place from 7th to 14th September
2014. The Grand Durbar will be held on 13th
September 2014 at Agotime Kpetoe, 25km from Ho.
Events will start at 10:00am.

Kente is multicolored patterns of bright colors,
geometric shapes, and bold designs popular in
Ghana and in West Africa. There is a hub for it in
Bonwire in the Ashanti region.



No wonder when people from the 37 towns, located
it the festival's catchment area, meet for the
festivities, there will be a Kente weaving
competition to spark a creative output of new
designs.

Most definitely, the festival will see more of the
cloth bought and sold. Another description for job
creation.



Naturally, a display of culture is an magnet for
tourism. After 19 years of celebrating
Agbemevorza, tourism has received an incredible
boost according to the organisers.



Agotime Agbamevorza (Kente Festival) 2014

Programme of Activities

Sunday (7th September)

Christian Prayers at various Churches for a
successful Festival
Monday (8th September)

Visit to Afegame – the ancestral home of the
Agotimes
Donation of Medical Beds to the Afegame Health
Centre
Tuesday (9th September)

Health Walk
Clean Up at the Kpetoe Health Centre
Quiz Competition for all J.H.S.
Football Gala (preliminaries)
Wednesday (10th September)

Women and Children’s Day- Mini Durbar at Batume
Kente Weaving Competitions (Speed & Best Designs)
at Batume
Thursday (11th September)

“Godigbe”
Search for the 2014 Kente Treasure by Adotri &
Dusi Divisions
“Asiale Torme”
Borborbor Night
Friday (12th September)

Firing of musketry (Heroes & Heroines Day) at
Wodome
“Totokpakpa Food Bazaar” at Kpetoe
Miss Kente 2014 Beauty Pageant & Dancing
Competition at Kpetoe
Saturday (13th September)

Palanquin procession by War Lords
Grand Durbar of Chiefs and People at CEPS Division
(GRA) Park, Kpetoe
Kente Street Carnival after Durbar
Sunday (14th September)

Inter-denominational church service
Finals of football competition
Night of Senior Citizens

Source - MyjoyOnline

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