Fetu Afahye

Fetu Afahye biki ne da sarakuna da al'ummar Cape Coast da ke yankin tsakiyar kasar Ghana suka gudanar. Ana gudanar da bikin ne a ranar Asabar ta farko a watan Satumba na kowace shekara. Al'ummar Oguaa na Cape Coast na gudanar da bikin Fetu Afahye ne duk shekara domin a baya an samu bullar cutar a tsakanin mutanen da ta kashe mutane da dama. Mutanen sun yi addu’a ga Allah da ya taimake su su rabu da cutar. Don haka ana gudanar da bikin ne domin tsaftace garin da kuma hana wata annoba da ta addabi jama’a.

 Tarihi 
Fetu Afahye biki ne na shekara-shekara da jama'a da sarakunan yankin gargajiya na Cape Coast a yankin tsakiyar kasar Ghana ke yi. A wani lokaci an sami annoba a Cape Coast kamar yadda tarihi ya nuna. Wannan abu ne mai ban tsoro kuma don haka ya bukaci mutanen Cape Coast su yi kira da a tsoma baki daga allolinsu. Duk da haka, an yi imanin cewa mazaunan Cape Coast da kewaye sun iya kawar da wannan annoba tare da taimakon gumakansu, saboda haka, sunan "Fetu" - asali Efin Tu ("ya kawar da datti"). Ana kuma yin bikin tunawa da girbi mai yawa daga teku tare da gudanar da ayyukan ibada don gode wa alloli 77 na yankin gargajiya na Oguaa."Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival, Cape Coast"  at Afro Tourism.

An taba haramta wa Fetu Afahye a lokacin mulkin mallaka na kasar, musamman Cape Coast, kuma ana kiranta da "Black Christmas" don kwatanta shi a matsayin mummunan al'ada. Omanhen (babban sarki) a wancan lokacin, wanda ake kira da Osabarimba Kodwo Mbra V, Okyeame Ekow Atta, ya musanta wannan tunanin a matsayin yaudara. Tsakanin 1948 zuwa 1996, a karshe dai aka sake komawa bikin, bayan gwagwarmayar addini daga wasu muhimman mutane a yankin gargajiya na Oguaa. Yanzu ana amfani da bikin a matsayin kalanda don lokutan noma na yankin gargajiya na Oguaa kuma ana kiran wannan al'amari da sunan "Afehyia", ma'ana "madauki na yanayi".

 Bikin Fetu Afahye 
Ana fara shirye-shiryen bikin ne a cikin makon ƙarshe na watan Agusta. A cikin wannan lokaci, yankin Traditional Oguaa yana karbar baƙi da yawa daga sassa daban-daban na rayuwa, da kuma jama'a daga sassa daban-daban na ƙasar ko a wajen ƙasar waɗanda 'yan asalin jihar Oguaa ne. Ainihin bikin ya biyo baya a ranar Asabar ta farko ta Satumba.

Kafin ainihin bikin, Omanhen ya kasance a tsare har tsawon mako guda. A cikin wannan lokaci na tsare, yana yin tunani da kuma neman hikima daga mahalicci (Aboadze) da kakanni, da kuma neman kulawar likita a inda ya dace daga likitansa don ba shi damar fitowa ta jiki da tunani don ayyuka masu zuwa kamar bayarwa. ayyukansa don nasarar bikin. A karshen tsare Omanhen, ya bayyana a bainar jama'a cikin fara'a kuma ya tafi gidan stool don yin liyafa, yana neman albarka daga gumakan jihar Oguaa 77 da jama'a suka yi imani da shi ne ke tafiyar da al'amuran yankin gargajiya na Oguaa.

An kuma lura cewa kafin bikin, an haramta duk wani shagali na bugu da bugu da kari kamar yadda al’ada ta tanada, da kuma kamun kifi a tafkin Fosu, kwance a tsakanin Babban Asibitin Gwamnati da kuma mikewa zuwa wani wuri mai suna Aquarium, don tabbatar da kwanciyar hankali da lumana. muhalli. An yi imanin cewa an yi hakan ne domin baiwa ruhin jihar Oguaa damar karbar ragamar jagorancin masu shirya bikin. Ana yin wannan yawanci kafin 1 ga Satumba.

Su ma masu kula da tafkin Fosu (Amissafo) na yankin gargajiya na Oguaa suna zuba liyafar cin abinci a bakin tafkin tare da yin kira ga ruhin kakanninsu da su kawar da duk wata mummunar alama da za ta iya samu ga maziyartan da suka halarci bikin. Manufar zuba liyafar ita ce kuma a yi kira ga girbi mai yawa na kifi da amfanin gona. A cikin duka, suna kira ga wadata.

Wani muhimmin taron da aka lura shi ne "Amuntumadeze" - a zahiri ma'ana "ranar lafiya" - ranar da manya da matasa suka yi kokarin tsaftace muhalli, ciki har da share shara daga magudanan ruwa da aka shake da zanen dukkan gine-gine a yankin, da nufin kawata kewaye kafin ainihin babban durbar na "Bakatue".

Ana gudanar da sintiri a tafkin Fosu kusa da wurin ibadarsa a duk ranar litinin da ta wuce na watan Agusta. Jama’a da dama ne suka taru a wurin ibadar domin kallon bajekolin limamai da limamai na yankin gargajiya. Ana yin wannan baje kolin ne da daddare har zuwa safiya. A cikin wannan dare, firist da limamai suna yin kaɗa da rawa kuma ana kiran ruhin kakanninsu su faɗi abin da zai faru a shekara mai zuwa. A ranar Talata mai zuwa kuma ana ganin ayyuka da yawa, kamar ayyukan ibada da ake gudanarwa a wurin ibadar Fosu, kuma a karshe ana yin regatta da kwale-kwale da rana a kan tafkin Fosu bayan cin abinci na Omanhen a wajen.

Sakamakon hana kamun kifi a tafkin Fosu a baya, Omanhen shine mutum na farko da ya fara jefa tarunsa, sau uku a jere. don buɗe tafkin a hukumance ga jama'a. Domin Omanhen ya kama kifi da yawa yana nuna lokacin kamun kifi mai wadata mai zuwa. Jama'a na musamman ne ke nuna wannan taron a tsakiyar harbe-harbe na miyagu. Wannan shi ake kira "Bakatue".

Duk da haka, a cikin ba da yanayi maraba ga 'yan asalin da suka yi balaguro, sarakunan yankin gargajiya na Oguaa sun ware ranar Laraba don karbar da kuma tarbar 'yan kasar Cape Coast. Haka kuma wannan rana ta kasance tana yin kamfe da raye-raye na kamfanonin Asafo, kungiyoyin tsagerun gargajiya guda bakwai.Shirley Asiedu-Addo and Deborah Oluwamuyiwa, "Oguaa celebrates Fetu Afahye", Graphic Online, 4 September 2017. Ana kuma lura da ita a matsayin ranar zamantakewa da warware batutuwa.

Ana gudanar da wani biki na addini a gaban gidan ibada na Nana Paprata a daren ranar Alhamis, tare da raye-raye da raye-raye ("Adammba") don kiran ruhin kakanni don baiwa firistoci da firistoci damar yin bokanci. Wannan bikin yakan kasance har zuwa safiya. Babban makasudin wannan bikin shine tsarkake yankin gargajiya na Oguaa daga duk wani mugun ruhi. A daidai wannan lokacin, ana buƙatar bijimi koyaushe don tsarkake yankin gargajiya na Oguaa. Kafin wannan tsarkakewar, ana aika bijimin zuwa hubbaren Nana Tabir don tsarkake bijimin don yin hadaya a ranar ƙarshe. Daga baya sai a yi hadaya da wannan bijimin a Paparatam (wurin Durbar na yankin gargajiya na Ogua). An fi saninta da itacen audugar alharini inda Omanhen a ranar qarshe yake zaune tare da manyan hakimansa da manyan hakimansa, a gefen majalisar dattawa. A wajen taron, Omanhen ya yi jawabi ga jama’a da maziyartan yankin gargajiya na Oguaa, inda ya ba da labarin abubuwan da suka faru a baya. Bayan jawabin na jihar, Omanhen ya nufi kofar shiga, tare da manyan hakimansa da sarakunansa na bangarensa zuwa wurin ibadar Tabir, inda aka daure saniya da gabobinta. Omanhen yana zuba liyafa tare da gudanar da ayyuka daban-daban, yana kira ga kakanni da su shiga cikin jihar Oguaa. Ana nan sai ya dauki wuka ya yanka saniyar wa Allah.

Bayan sadaukarwar Omanhen, bikin Fetu ya kai kololuwar ranar Asabar ta farko ga watan Satumba. Wannan rana ta musamman ta jawo hankulan jama'a na musamman ga jerin gwanon Kamfanonin Asafo, wadanda galibi ke yin fareti a kan titin Cape Coast daga Kotokuraba ta dandalin Chapel zuwa babban fada. Jama'a daga sassa daban-daban na kasar sun ziyarci Cape Coast domin gudanar da wannan biki. A wannan rana ne ake gudanar da taron sarakunan gargajiya domin tattaunawa kan al'amuran da suka shafi yankin gargajiya na Oguaa da kuma kamfanonin Asafo guda bakwai da za su bayar da gudumawarsu wajen tabbatar da tsaro a yankin na Oguaa. An yi wannan rana ne da yin ganguna da raye-raye da kuma kwararowar shaye-shaye domin shigar da jihar cikin sabuwar shekara ta lafiya da kwanciyar hankali.

Batutuwa na zamani, irin su raye-rayen jihar Afahye, abinci na gida, wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa, tufafi da tufafin gargajiya, da dai sauran nau'o'in kayan tarihi na al'adu, sun haɗa da ba da fuska ga abubuwan da ake yi na bukukuwa, musamman rawa mai salo da ɗaukar ido. na Miss Afahye.

Bayan kammala bukukuwan, za a gudanar da gagarumin bikin ne a ranar Lahadi, yayin da ake gudanar da taron hadin gwiwa na dukkan mabiya darikar Kirista a filin shakatawa na Victoria Park domin mika godiya ga Allah Madaukakin Sarki da ya taimaka wa yankin gargajiya na Oguaa domin samun zaman lafiya. Bugu da kari, ranar bikin ita ce neman kudi ga yankin gargajiya na Oguaa. Bisa la'akari da haka, Omanhen da sarakunan sassansa da kuma dattawa sun halarci bikin cocin tare da yin amfani da damar wajen sanar da ranar bikin shekara mai zuwa.

 Manazarta