Nii Ayi Tunma We Royal Stool Elders trace their roots

Nii Ansah III, King Ayi Tunmaa II, Nii Dade Oche Dade I , Nii Amartei Shikatsuru I

and other members of the two families

Nii Ayi Tunma We Royal Stool Elders have traced their roots to Nii Ayi Okum Frimpong We Royal Stool House, where, after the Odadao drumming (Lift ban on drumming), the two families converged at Frimpong We for a reunion.

The occasion was to continue the tradition of symbolically reinforcing the lifting of the ban with Asere Man­tse beating the irony in Frimpong We.

Amidst merry-making with adowa­foi group performing their traditional songs and dances, the place was agog with pleasantries.

The pleasantness of the occasion reached a peak after Nii Teiko Ansah III collected the obonu sticks and started beating the drum with frenzy, with the crowd shouting his appella­tions in appreciation for once again conforming to the old-age tradition.

Addressing the people, he welcomed the delegation from the Nii Ayi Tunma Royal Family and said he was partic­ularly happy that, at the time the Ga State was going through certain chal­lenges, the Royal House had joined ranks with the Asere clan to help resolve some of the issues.

He said the Asere Stool played a very important role in the enstool­ment of any GA Mantse by providing the official headgear (Adowa Faith) in the ceremony leading to his installa­tion.

Nii Ansah III assured the people that, the reunion was very significant since the Nii Ayivi Tunma Royal Stool House was one of the Royal Houses from which a Ga Mantse was selected on a rotational basis.

King Ayi Tunma, the leader of the Nii Ayi Tunma Royal Stool House, accom­panied by his principal elders, thanked Nii Ansah III for welcoming them with such enthusiasm that, they already felt at home, promising to ensure that the new relationship developed fruit­ful results for the Ga State.

 By Spectator Reporter