Bikin Opemso

**Bikin Opemso** wani biki ne na shekara biyu da ake gudanarwa a Ghana domin tunawa da fitacciyar haihuwar Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, sarkin farko na Ashantis. Sunan *Opemso*, wanda aka fara baiwa Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, an ba wa sarakunan Ashanti ne don nuna halin rashin tsoro da dagewa wajen aiwatar da tsare-tsare ba tare da yin kasa a gwiwa ba.

A lokacin bikin, ana kwaikwayi abubuwan da suka kai ga haihuwar Tutu har zuwa lokacin da za a yi bukukuwan karshe a cikin tsattsarkan tsattsarkan *Teneabasaso* ko *Kwantakese* inda aka haife shi a Kokofu-Anyinam a yankin Ashanti na Ghana. Ana kiran wannan tsattsarkan kurmi mai suna *Teneabasaso* domin ance mahaifiyar Otumfuo Osei Tutu I ta rike rassan bishiyar Ceiba tana matsawa da karfi don isar da shi. A wasu lokutan ma ana kiran gunkin tsarkakkiya ne *Kwantakese* saboda mutanen Ashanti sun ce hanyar da aka kai sarkinsu babbar hanya ce.

## Tarihin baya
Ana gudanar da bikin Opemso ne domin tunawa da al’amuran da suka kai ga haifuwar Sarkin farko na kabilar Ashanti, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I wanda aka yi la’akari da cewa ya hada kan kabilun Akan bakwai don kafa masarautar Asante. Al’adar baka ta nuna cewa Nana Gyamfua Manu Kutusi, mahaifiyar Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, ta yi matukar bukatar yaro amma kokarinta ya ci tura bayan ta fuskanci zubar da ciki da dama. A ƙarshe, wani limamin gargajiya a Awukugua a gundumar Akuapim a Gabashin Gana da ke bauta wa gunkin Tutu ya taimaka mata ta ruhaniya ta haifi ɗa namiji. Lokacin da aka haife shi, mahaifiyar Osei Tutu ta yi tafiya zuwa garin kakarsa a Esiase a yankin Ashanti. Sai dai kash a kan hanyarta sai taji zafin haihuwa ya karu. Daga nan ta nemi taimako na ruhaniya daga kogin *Kaakawere* a Kokofu-Anyinam kuma ta yi mata alkawarin ba ta tsuntsu da kuma kwalbar schnapps bayan ta haihu. Allahn kogin ya taimake ta ta wajen tura wasu mafarauta uku su zo su taimake ta. Sun kai ta wajen wata sarauniyar Kokofu-Anyinam a lokacin wadda ta kai ta wani wuri mai aminci a karkashin wani katon bishiyar Ceiba ko *Onyina* da ake kira *Onyina Sei*. A ranar Juma'a ce, don haka sunansa Kofi.

## Kulawa
Ana gudanar da bikin sau daya a kowace shekara biyu. Bikin na da matukar muhimmanci ga al'ummar Ashanti domin haihuwar sarki ya baiwa mutanen Asante fatan samun 'yanci daga Gyamans da Denkyiras. A lokacin bikin tunawa da bikin, dubban Ashantis da sarakunansu karkashin jagorancin Asantehene ko wakilinsa suna tafiya ta kan titi zuwa tsattsarkan kurmi inda aka haifi sarkinsu na farko. Ana gudanar da bukukuwa na musamman da kuma hadaya na tsuntsaye da schnapp ga kogin *Kaakawere* a kan hanyarsu. Jama’a da maziyartan jama’a da maziyartan da suke zaune da maziyartan sun yi zaman dirshan a bakin kofar kurmi na alfarma ga limaman gargajiya da sarakuna da dattijai a majalisar gargajiya ta Anyinam-Kokofu domin gudanar da ibadar da ake bukata a wannan tsarkakkiya tunda haramun ne ga wadanda ba sarakuna ba. don shiga cikin kurmi. An shirya shirye-shirye masu ban mamaki na abubuwan da suka faru kafin haifuwar Sarkin Ashanti tare da wasu mazauna wurin suna taka rawar mafarauta uku da sauransu. Bayan an yi nasara, ana ci gaba da buga ganguna, raye-raye, da yin murna. An gudanar da gasar kyau da aka yi wa lakabi da "Miss *Opemso*" da gasar rera waka da raye-raye da dafa abinci da gasar sanya tufafin gargajiya da kuma kacici-kacici kan al'adu kan karin magana a wani bangare na bikin. Ana amfani da waɗannan wasanni a matsayin hanyar farfado da dabi'un al'adun Ashantis yayin da ake koyar da yara da baƙi kyawawan al'adun mutanen Ashanti.

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