The Avenor Traditional Council has announced a customary ban on all funerals within the Avenor enclave as part of preparations for their fifth annual festival celebration.
The ban will take effect from Monday, November 11, to Monday, November 25.
The directive was released in a statement signed by Torgbui Tali Gafatsi III, Chairman of this year’s Avenor Tutudoza Central Planning Committee.
“The Central Festival Planning Committee, in conjunction with the Avenor Traditional Council, hereby announces that the customary ban on all funerals and other forms of mass gatherings in Avenor land will take effect from Monday, November 11, to Monday, November 25,” it read.
The statement outlined some activities ahead of the grand durbar, which will take place on Saturday, November 23.
These include general clean-up exercises, a health walk, reconciliation and cleansing rites, a pilgrimage to Datsutagba, and the Mama Nutifafa Avenor beauty pageant.
Other events include an Artists’ Night and Musical Concert, street jams, paying homage to the Paramount Chief, and a thanksgiving church service.
Togbe Dorglo Anumah VI, President of the Avenor Traditional Council and Paramount Chief of the Avenor Traditional Area, appealed to the public in the statement to cooperate by strictly adhering to the ban to ensure peaceful and successful celebrations.
This year’s festival will be on the theme: “Fostering Peace and Unity for Sustainable Development in Avenor.”
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