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| Buipewura Jinapor II |
President of the Buipe Traditional Council and Paramount chief of the Buipe Traditional Area, Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor (II) has announced to the people of his Traditional area that he will jointly celebrate both the yam and fire festivals on Thursday 27th July, 2023.
According to the Buipewura, the yam festival will be celebrated in the morning whilst the fire festival takes place at night same day.
Addressing his sub-chiefs on the usual Friday meetings in his palace on Friday July, 21st,2023, Buipewura indicated that the yam festival is mostly celebrated to usher in the new harvesting season and to thank God and the ancestors for a bountiful harvest whilst the fire festival which is a cultural-religious festivity marks the beginning of a new Gonja calendar with the 2023 edition of the two Gonja festivals expected to be different since this is his 15 years on the throne of the Buipe skins.
Fire festival is marked by the lighting of thatch torches and marching along approved routes, amidst the chanting of war songs known among the Gonja people.
At the Jinapor Palace, Limam Sofian who was appointed by the Sakpari's as the new Chief Imam of the Buipe traditional area after the demise of Alhaji Seidu. The new chief Imam was presented formally to the Buipewura for his acceptance.
Buipewura Jinapor (II) gladly gave his approval to the appointed Buipe Chief Imam and prayed that Allah gives the Imam wisdom to be able to lead the Muslim fraternity in Buipe.
Buipewura also mentioned that, Gonjas are originally muslims and per the customs and traditions, the Sakpari's has the duty to intercede and offer prayers for Gonja Chiefs.
