Hundreds of traditional worshipers are currently gathered in the shrine of Afetorku Gbodzi at Dagbamate in the Akatsi South district to celebrate the annual festival.
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Over hundreds of worshippers on Sunday, April 4, 2021, assembled at the Apetorku Gbordzi shrine in Dagbamatey to pay reverence to their deity at this year’s Apetorku Easter Festival.
The Apetorku festivity, which falls in line with the Christian Easter celebration that seeks to honour the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, has many believers of the traditional faith gather annually to pay homage to their gods whom they believe provide their every need.
Believers converged at Apetorku’s Shrine within the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region this year albeit with strict adherence of the necessary Covid-19 safety protocols.
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Many believers of the traditional faith are converging at Apetorku’s Shrine in Dagbamatey within the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region to mark the celebration of ‘Apetorku Easter Festival’.
This year’s ceremony, which would start from Saturday evening into Sunday, would be characterised by cultural displays and sacrifices to the gods for spiritual atonement, fortification and making of new vows.
Participants would be clad in white attires, beads and wearing prescribed perfume and powder as they play enchantment in styles during the period.
Some other activities to expect during the traditional journey involve, drumming and dancing from day one till the next morning, with the adornment and outdooring of the gods by a processing through the town and back to the Shrine in the morning of Sunday.