Damba festival in Yendi
The Yendi Municipal Security Council has cancelled the 2016 edition of the Damba Festival in the area.
This is the second time the celebration of the Damba festival has been cancelled in the Yendi Township of the Northern region following the murder of the Yaa Na Yakubu Andani.
Yendi Municipal commander ACP Anane Dankwah in an interview with Starr News said the move is aimed at ensuring that there is total peace in the area following the parliamentary and presidential elections.
Dagbon has not known enduring stability and peace since murder of the overlord of the area, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II, in 2002.
Many attempts to mediate the dispute between the two royal gates – the Abudu and Andani – of the Dagbon Paramountcy, have not yielded the desired results.
After the festival was cancelled last year, the Regent of Dagbon and Acting President of the Dagbon Traditional Council, Kampakuya-Na Andani Yakubu Abdulai, announced that “the Damba festival cannot be celebrated when the very foundation of the customs and traditions are being destroyed on the basis of convenience and peace, irrespective of its far-reaching repercussions on the Dagbon Kingdom.”
-Starrfmonline