Bonoman celebrates Mek Bono festival

Welcoming the participants to the durbar, Ohempon Dr Yeboah Asiamah, (Atebubumanhene), who chaired the Mek Bono Advisory Board, reminded the gathering that Mek Bono was conceived of not merely as another festival, but as a platform through which the Bono people could reconnect with their common ancestry and culture and turn that renewed sense of identity into a force for collective development.

The chiefs and people of the Bono regions have marked the fifth anniversary of the Mek Bono Homecoming & Cultural Festival, climaxed at the Unity Grounds in Atebubu, with the Kwakye Adeɛfɛ Grand Durbar, the principal royal and ceremonial gathering of the event.” The event gave the people of Bonoman an opportunity to celebrate their rich heritage, culture and identity through united active participation, with development as the goal.