02-11-2010
Narration: Parents have been recommended to encourage their wards to take maximum interest in all activities related to arts and culture. This will help enlighten the minds of the children in making them conscious of their cultural heritage, which is an indispensable condition for the nation’s identity and survival. The Upper East Regional Director, Centre for National Culture, Kombat Fuzzy made the call at the opening of a 5-day long district and regional festival held at Bolgatanga on the theme: Promoting unity Technology and Wealth creation for a better Ghana: the Role of the youth IN Nation Building. The event is being organized in preparation towards this year’s National Festival of Arts and culture (NAFAC) which is slated to take place in Tamale, this month. Correspondent Isaac Asare was there for Radio Ghana and has come through with this report.
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The festival also forms part of activities marking the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration of the Upper East Region. It is therefore aimed to enhance the rich and endowed cultural heritage of the people in the three regions of the north. Cultural activities including traditional cultural dances and drama among others are performed by representatives drawn from the nine districts of the region. This is in line with the roadmap of NAFAC 2010, which is schedule to take place on the 20-27 of this month in Tamale, the Northern Regional Capital. Winners in the drama and dance competitions would be automatically selected to participate in the upcoming event which is poised to receive massive participation from representatives across the 1o regions of the country. The Regional Festival of Arts and Culture was slated for 1st to 5th of this month at Bolgatanga but could not come off due to financial and logistical constraints. The Regional Director, Centre for National Culture, Mr. Kombat Fuzzy, bemoaned the state at which the youth have lost and ignored their moral and cultural values as a result of what he termed strange foreign culture. He said the lives of the youth are being endangered and are also imbued to the notion that their cultural heritage is nothing to be proud of. Most children still do not appreciate the relevance of their own arts and culture. They are made to hold high, certain foreign cultural values, thus, abandoning their own culture which is embedded with folklores, traditional dances and songs as well as attire for traditional occasions. He therefore charged parents to inculcate in their children high moral values and culture to help maintain dignity and respect in society. Mr. Fuzzy also appealed to the government to help complete the only theatre complex in the region which he noted is still at the foundation stage after several changes of government. He moreover, called for collaborative support in the management of the region’s craft village. The Upper East Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo, in a speech read on his behalf by his deputy, said the region’s upcoming event could be celebrated in grand style only if it is given the needed support and cooperation. He therefore charged residents of the region to play their expected role in ensuring that the event is celebrated in pump and pageantry. He said his Excellency, Prof. John Evans Attah Mills among other dignitaries would be in the region to grace the occasion. The Builsa District Chief Executive, Mr. Norbert Awulley in a brief message, advised residents living outside the region to return home and participate in this historic occasion
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