The Dagaaba and Frafra ethnic groups in the Atebubu Amantin Municipality of the Bono East Region have held a unity festival to strengthen social bonds, and preserve their rich and diverse cultural heritage.
The two tribes also participated in games like football, sack race, and volleyball and egg-spoon races to strengthen their long-standing inter-tribal relationship and showcase their traditional cuisines.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the sidelines of the festival at Atebubu, Mr Christopher Dery, the Dagaaba tribe gave an antecedent of the ‘puppy’ in the Frafra and Dagaaba tribal history, explaining that symbolised an event where the two tribes went hunting and caught only a dog.
“They decided to divide the dog to avoid conflict. The Frafras wanted to boil theirs and the Dagaabas wanted to roast their part”, he stated, saying that: “The head of the dog which was never found has become a powerful symbol of our ability to resolve conflicts and work together”.
Mr Dery explained that the festival sought to strengthen social bonds between the two tribal communities and to uphold and defend their culture and traditions.
Mr Sanja Nanja, the Member of Parliament for Atebubu Amantin commended the two tribes for the initiative, urging them to continue to foster unity and social cohesion as well as coexisting peacefully with the other tribes in the area to sustain the prevailing peace of the area for the purpose of development.