By Edzorna Francis Mensah
The chiefs and people of Somé traditional Area in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region have begun their annual festival, Sométutu Zâ under the theme:” Sustaining the peace and unity of Somé for development”.
The grand durbar to climax the celebration is slated for September 28 at Agbozume, Somé National School Park, where hundreds of Somé citizens home and abroad are expected to be participants.
Major activities preceding the celebration include general cleaning, religious activities, quiz competition, health walk, youth and professional summit, and children’s durbar, among others. On Thursday, 26th September, 2024, Torgbiga Adamah III will be sitting-in-state at the forecourt of Makorsor Palace at Agbozume from 10 a.m.
Some of the invited guests for the celebration include the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and former President John Dramani Mahama. Others are the Volta regional minister, Archiebald Yao Letsa, and the Paramount Chief of the Aflao traditional area, Torgbi Amenya Fiti V, as well as the MP and the MCE for the area, among others.
During the launch, Torgbiga Adamah III stressed the need for all Somé indigenes to unite and pull resources together towards the socio-economic progress of the area and for the general well-being of the people.
He said no community can advance economically in an atmosphere of insecurity and instability. He therefore enjoined all his subjects to embrace peace and fellow-feeling for one another. “All citizens of Somé, both home and abroad, to join hands in ensuring that the annual event was a memorable and successful one.”
Sométutu Zâ or Sométutu festival, is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Agbozume, Denu, and surrounding communities to commemorate their migration from Keta to their present settlement in 1792, after the Keta-Anloga war.
The festival will be used to display different types of Ewe Kete/Kente from Agbozume and other traditional and woven textiles.
