Member
of Parliament for Nkawkaw constituency of the Eastern region, Eric
Kwakye Darfour, wants the Ghana Tourist Authority (GTA) to coordinate
with those organising the Kwahu festival to ensure that the cultural
sensibility and heritage of the chiefs and people of Kwahu are not
slighted this Easter weekend.
Mr
Kwabena Darfour is therefore urging the GTA to liaise with the Kwahu
Traditional Council, MPs and Assembly Members within the enclave,
Districts and Municipal Chief Executives so that they “the people are
not allowed to be exposed to threadbare, more in the midst of the
fanfare and enculturation”.
The
Kwahu Ridge has become the official place for the celebration of Easter
and the annual National Paragliding Festival organised by the tourism
authority, which draws thousands of patrons to the mountainous area
yearly.
But
delivering a statement on the floor of the House ahead of the
festivities which begin this Friday, Mr. Dafour recalled: “the media
were replete with bad reportage of immoral acts characterising the last
year's festival," he said.
“These
publications did not go down well with the Chiefs and people of Kwahu
as reports of these immoral acts cast a slur on our Cultural Heritage as
Ghanaians and we would not countenance that.
“Mr.
Speaker, Kwahu is a disciplined community with high morals and would be
the last to either engage or encourage visitors to do that."
The MP also appealed to the media from reporting “to purposely taint the hard-won reputation of the good people of Kwahu.”
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