For two consecutive years, the much celebrated Kwahu Easter Festival will not come off due to the raging coronavirus pandemic which has affected mass gatherings and interaction.
But for the pandemic, several businesses would have started preparing feverishly to storm the Kwahu Ridge to market their products to the numerous revelers who travel from far and near to participate in the annual rendezvous with the paragliding festival being the flagship event.
Media houses, particularly radio stations, would have started advertisements to create awareness on the festival.
The announcement to again suspend this year’s Easter Activities was made by the Kwahu Traditional Council at a meeting at the Abene Palace.
The Chiefs, led by the Kwahumanhene, Dassebre Akuamoah Agyapong, who is President of the Kwahu Traditional Council, and the Ghana Tourism Authority, have cautioned citizens to strictly adhere to this directive. The council said whoever failed to comply with it would be severely dealt with.
The Paragliding festival became an integral part of the Kwahu festival in 2005 with seasoned pilots invited by the Ministry of Tourism to fly hundreds of people during the three-day event on the Odweanoma Mountain at Kwahu Atibie.
However, COVID-19 has scattered these memorable occasions.
In the Kwahu Traditional Area, every Easter is regarded as a homecoming event.
The period is used for all kinds of activities including settling family feuds, marriages, inauguration of projects, remembering the dead and pacifying the gods.
