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Ghanaians urged to promote folklore at social events

By
Eunice Hilda Ampomah, GNA

Accra, Oct. 20, GNA – Nana Adjoa Adobea
Asante, the Director, National Folklore Board, has called on Ghanaians to
promote national culture and folklore at social events as a means of enriching
and making these customs and beliefs attractive.

“During marriage and naming ceremonies,
funerals, birthday celebrations and end-of-year parties, these folklores and
cultures can be exhibited to educate the young ones while remembering the
contribution made by our forebears to our rich history,” she said.

Nana Adjoa Asante, in an interview with the
Ghana News Agency at the weekend, said culture and folklore had many
advantages, which could be used to improve tourism to generate revenue.  

She described folklore and culture as
traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the
generations by word of mouth.

“These could be expressed through songs,
speeches, plays, dressing, the creative arts, festivals and rites of passage.”

The Adinkra symbols, Ghanaian proverbs,
highlife songs, poetry, kente cloth, and traditional dances and foods were some
of Ghana’s folklore. 

“We have not been made to understand that
folklore is what you do on a daily basis which shows that you are a Ghanaian.
If you are going to produce a book, compose a song, write a play, tell a story,
organise a social event, you should project our culture.”

Nana Adjoa said the creative arts industry
was a way of using the Ghanaian culture to project the country in a unique way.

“The Ghanaian culture is beautiful and can
be incorporated into what is defined by many as ‘white wedding’.”

GNA

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