As the country prepares for its National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving on July 1, 2025, Ga Mantse King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has made an appeal for the inclusion of traditional rites and customs in the event.
During a courtesy call by the event’s planning committee to the Ga Mantse Palace, the King emphasized the importance of recognizing Ghana’s traditional spiritual practices, particularly those of the Ga people.
Expressing concern over the absence of traditional elements in the program, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II pointed to practices such as the ban on noise-making before Homowo, a ritual often misunderstood for fetishism.
He described these customs as deeply spiritual, serving as a period of fasting and reverence for the land and ancestral spirits.
“Before every Easter, there’s Lent. Before every Ramadan, there’s a fast. Before every Homowo, there’s a ban to create silence. People have constrained it to be fetish, but it’s a period where we fast,”.
He urged the committee to precede the Christian service at 8 a.m. with Thanksgiving to the spirits and forefathers of the land, stressing that the event would be incomplete without this acknowledgment.
