Kintampo — The Wangara group within the nation has on Saturday, celebrated this 12 months’s Bekandi Kurubi pageant, at Kintampo, within the Bono East Area on the theme, “leveraging tradition to advertise tourism and financial improvement”.

It was noticed yearly to remind Wangaras on the migration of their forefathers, who have been natives of Banbaras Madingo and Djula, of the previous Mali and Songhai kingdoms, to Kintampo.

Through the pageant, feminine virgins have been supplied with a picket platform to carry out the “Kurubi dance” to have fun the delight of younger ladies who had stayed away from partaking in premarital intercourse.

The Benkadi Kurubi pageant which is well known principally by a Muslim inhabitants, attracted vacationers, holiday- makers, dignitaries and different tradition fans from all walks of life to Kintampo, the geographic centre of Ghana.

Sairiki Yusif Fanyinama III, the President, Council of Wangara chiefs in Ghana, in his welcome deal with, indicated that the pageant celebrated the wealthy cultural heritage and household reunion of the Wangara tribe.

He mentioned the Benkadi Kurubi pageant, which was chosen amongst United Nations Schooling, Scientific, Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) heritage festivals, promoted tourism and infrastructural improvement of the world.

The Council President expressed happiness about how the pageant introduced collectively vacationers and enjoyable – makers from native and overseas, to study the assorted dances, dressing, meals, tales and different cultural actions of the Wangara tribe.

Sariki Fanyinama solicited the assist of residents, particularly Wangaras, to uphold peace, love and unity with a view to make sure the financial progress of the nation saying that “collectively we will make Ghana nice and robust.”

He thanked conventional authorities, authorities officers, cooperate organisations, media homes, non secular leaders amongst different stakeholders, for his or her assist to make the pageant profitable.

The Bono East Regional Minister, Kwasi Adu Gyan, hailed Sariki Fanyinama for his good management function in sustaining the Benkandi Kurubi pageant, which had promoted eco – tourism within the area, since its inception.

He assured the dedication of the federal government to make sure peace and stability within the Kintampo enclave, with a view to promote serene financial ambiance for the individuals particularly vacationers and traders.

Mr Adu Gyan urged residents of the nation to contribute their quota to the financial progress of Ghana regardless of the present hardship saying that this too shall cross.

Earlier, the Chief Govt Officer of the Zongo Improvement Fund, Alhaji Ben Abdallah, assured the dedication of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo -Addo to deliver huge improvement to all Zongo communities throughout the nation to bridge the hole between Muslim and settler communities.

In attendance have been the assorted Municipal and District Chief Executives within the space, and the Bono East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Celebration, Ibrahim Bukari.