Ghana’s most celebrated traditional cloth
Kente is was launched at Bonwire in the Ashanti Region Kente festival, focus of
the Kente festival observed by the people of Bonwire traditional area in the
Ashanti Region.
The festival underscores the importance of
Kente as a key economic and cultural heritage of the people. At the launch of
the 2017 celebration, Kente weavers were encouraged to preserve the aesthetic
and cultural values inherent in the cloth.
Bonwire
Kente is one of the prominent Ashanti cultural heritages. Municipal Chief Executive
of Ejisu Beatrice Serwaah Derkyi was present at the occasion, she says the
culture of our forefathers must be preserved and handed over to the younger
generations.
A newly
woven Kente which was name Truth (“nokware”) was show cased at the festival. Nana
Bobie Ansah II is
the paramount chief, he says the
youth should engage in the Kente business and that the main fest will be in the
month of December
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