An entourage led by Asafoanye Tortimey, dressed in an all-white outfit and swinging her horsewhip, and an old lady waving a white handkerchief, repeatedly screamed, “Agoo- Agoo.” In tow was Labia who had been surrounded by other spiritual heads and elders.
“I hope it does not affect the program tomorrow (Monday),” she said. The ‘program’ she talked about was the ancient custom in Prampram that precedes the traditional Kpledomi festival. It is the traditional visit to the ancestral forest which is called “Huemi Yami” in Dangbe. The visit to the ancestral forest enables the spiritual heads to perform the necessary rites for the various deities, in preparation for the celebration of the festival.