The Aboakyer celebration, which involves deer hunting, was recently observed by the people of Winneba in the Central Region.
There were many rituals and preparations made prior to the hunt day, including purification rites in which two parties, Tuafo and Dentsifo, carried their gods along predetermined routes around the town.
The town’s youth happily readied themselves on the day of the hunt while joking around and dancing and drumming. However, some criminals had set up shop to target people’s bags and handbags. Surprisingly, one of their victims was a fetish priestess.
The priestess, who was covered with white tattoos, described her experience to Atinka TV. She claimed that her phone, cash, and pocketbook had been taken. Reminding them that the festival was a time for celebration, not robbery, she pleaded with the thief to give back her possessions.
Every year during the first week of May, the Effutus celebrate the Aboakyer festival at Winneba. The celebration honors the migration of Simpafo, the inhabitants of Winneba, and the word “Aboakyer” signifies hunting for game or animal in Fante.
Them don steal chief priestess phone for Aboakyer festival🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/IBbeHa1zcy
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) May 8, 2023
