To prepare for this year’s Hogbetsotso Festival celebrations, chief priests and diviners successfully carried out clairvoyance rituals at Awadada’s Court on Monday, 14th of August, 2023. As a result, the planning committee of the Anlo Hogbeza of the Volta Region has promised to provide festivalgoers with an exciting festivity.
This divination ceremony, which is a crucial component of Anlo Hogbeza festivities, was originally set for July but was canceled due to certain discrepancies.
The divination processes were performed under the maintenance of Torgbui Satriakor III, Chairman of Anlo Hogbeza Rituals Committee and Torgbui Subo II on orders of Torgbui Zewu II, Dufia of Anloga and Awadada Torgbui Agbeshi Awusu II at his court.
“Today, we invited our diviners to come to do their usual rituals, it was successful, the deities told us the destiny (Kporli) on which we should do our activities this year, it demanded some special sacrifices, and we shall obey the gods in that regard to complete the entire process then we move on to the next phase of activities for the festival,” Torgbui Satriakor told the media
Speaking to the media, Torbokor Kuatsikor has pledged its ethical support toward the success of the festival.
“We did our part, we told our chiefs what needs to be done and we shall support them to complete the process.”
“We indeed faced some obstacles, but as Anlos, we believe in peace and as you can see, we are taking every step one after the other to have a successful festival…I can assure all natives to keep calm and trusts us,” he said.
According to the program outlined by the publicity committee, there would be a ban on noise-making and drumming from September 10th to October 1, 2023, followed by other activities towards the climax on November 5, 2023.