Bikin Bakatue

Sarakuna da al'umman Elmina a yankin tsakiyar Ghana na yin Bikin Bakatue. Bikin, wanda aka kafa a ƙalla zuwa 1847, ana yin sa ne a ranar Talata ta farko a cikin watan Yuli kowace shekara.

 Bikin 
Mutanen Holland sun ba da rahoton wanzuwar bikin aƙalla a cikin 1847 kuma an ambace shi a cikin rahoton Gwamna Cornelis Nagtglas a cikin 1860. Ana amfani da bikin don nuna farkon lokacin kamun kifi a Elmina. Sunan Bakatue ya fito ne daga yaren Fante kuma an fassara shi da "malala daga cikin lagoon". An kafa bikin bikin don tunawa da kafuwar Elmina ta Fotigal a farkon kwanakin mulkin mallaka na lokacin Gold Coast. Hakanan ana amfani dashi don yin godiya da addu'o'i ga alloli don kyakkyawan shekarar kamun kifi.

 Shirin ayyukan 
Jihohin Elmina sun ware Litinin da Talata na farko na watan Yuli don bikin.

 Litinin 
Ana gudanar da duk ayyukan al'ada da ake buƙata a wannan ranar.

 Talata 
Ya zo daidai da lokacin damina na shekara -shekara na Ghana. An zaɓi Talata saboda ana ɗaukarsa a cikin gida azaman ranar allahn teku. Kamar haka a Elmina, kamar yadda a yawancin al'ummomin kamun kifi a Ghana, masunta ba sa zuwa teku a ranar Talata don girmama allahn teku. A yayin bikin, Babban Hafsan Sojoji da manyan sarakunansa da duk jihar Elmina suna ba da abinci na alfarma na ƙwai da masara da aka haɗe da dabino ga Nana Brenya, allahn kogin, kuma suna addu'ar zaman lafiya. A safiyar ranar bikin, dukkan membobin gidan sarautar Elmina suna shiga cikin mallakar sarauta wanda ya kunshi sarakuna da masu ɗauke da kujera. Sarakunan manyan garuruwa a yankin Elmina mafi girma suna hawan palanquins da aka yi wa ado. Bayan jerin gwano da bayar da adiresoshi daban -daban ta zababbun sarakuna da baƙon da aka gayyata, babban firist ya jefa tarunsa sau uku a cikin Kogin Brenya. Wannan ya biyo bayan shelar ƙarshen dakatar da kamun kifi, bugun ganga, jana'iza da sauran ayyukan zamantakewa a yankin gargajiya na Elmina, bayan haka akwai hawa a kan tekun da mata sanye da rigar Kente da abin rufe fuska na bikin gida. Taron masarautar da ke jagorantar fadar sarkin a tsakanin kida na gargajiya ya ƙare bikin. Duk kifin da tarkon ya kama, yayin bikin, ana miƙa shi ga alloli azaman alama don gode musu don girbin. Ranar tana ƙarewa tare da yin nishaɗi bayan durbar.

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