Fiasohemaa, Nana Mariama Owusuaa, on last Friday, 14th June 2024, on behalf of the Fiaso Traditional Council, performed customary rites in the town for the purchase of new Yam from Fiaso to other parts of Ghana.
The ceremony, steeped in tradition, involved various rituals and blessings to ensure a bountiful yam harvest and to thank the ancestors for the protection of lives throughout the farming year and also to officially give the opportunity to buyers all over the country to come and purchase yams.
Fiaso, a community in the Techiman South Municipality of the Bono East Region, is known for its farming activities to precise the cultivation of yam, the community by far is the leading yam producer in the country.
The ceremony was attended by hundreds of natives of Fiaso ranging from the traditional leader, other community leaders, farmers and traders alike including many others, who gathered to witness the ancient traditions being upheld.
The performance of the customary rites is significant as it allows the individuals to purchase yams in Fiaso. The yams, a staple food in the region, are essential for the community’s sustenance and well-being. By performing the rituals, Fiasohemaa and the residents ensured that the yam harvest would be abundant and bountiful, providing them with a steady supply of this nutritious food.
Nana Mariama Owusuaa, after the performance of the customary rites,thanked Nana Kwadwo Ameyaw, the Fiasohene and his elders for making the program a success. She urged all and sundry to participate in the market across the globe to patronize in the market.
“I have performed the needed rites in Fiaso, it is a custom for us to perform this rite annually before we can harvest and sell yam from Fiaso to other communities within the country.
“So I can now say that all traders are now welcome to our market, Fiaso is the hub of yam in the entire country and the yam trade is our major source of income in this community so we will entreat all and sundry to come to our market and purchase their affordable yams.” She said.
She used the opportunity to appeal to the Techiman Municipal Assembly to come to their and help build a school and befitting toilet facility for the community.
“We pay taxes to the Techiman South Municipal Assembly but we lack a lot of developmental projects in the community, so I will like to use this opportunity to plead with the Municipal Assembly to come to our aid, we need additional school facilities in our community because the current school have about 80 learners in a single classroom and that is too much so we plead with the assembly to build additional schools for us as a well as a befitting toilet facility in our community.” Nana Marriama Owusuaa appealed.
Some yam farmers and sellers said “we will like to thank our traditional leaders for performing the needed rites to officially allow us to sell our yams, Fiaso is the official deport of yam in Ghana and now that we are allowed to sell our yams, I believe the prices of yam will reduce.
“If you want to buy in large quantities or in small quantities, we will serve you and the prices is very low, so everybody should come and buy our yams.
Source: Elvisanokyenews.com
