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Mzbel joins hundreds on Chale Wote remembrance walk
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Mzbel joins hundreds on Chale Wote remembrance walk

Hiplife Musician, Belinda Ekua Amoah, popularly known as Mzbel, was among hundreds of participants who joined the all-white remembrance procession, announcing the start of this year’s Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Accra. The walk, which took off about 4pm, Monday, was to pay homage and pave the way for a successful celebration of the week-long festival. The participants, led by a chief priest, started the procession from the Osu township, through the Lokko Street, Starlets 91 Road and the Black Star Square, before finishing at the Christiansborg Castle. Mzbel at the start of the journey, told the Ghana News Agency that she could only endure the exercise for about an hour, however, the entire trip turned out to be somewhat shorter than expected. Asked what she thought about...
Osu embraces 2023 Chale Wote Art festival, cheers revelers on
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Osu embraces 2023 Chale Wote Art festival, cheers revelers on

The chiefs, elders and people of Osu have embraced the 2023 Chalewote Art festival as they poured onto the streets cheering participants of a “remembrance” procession to usher in the celebration. The procession, which started from the main entrance of the Christiansborg Castle (Osu Castle) with a libation by Numo Noi Osikan III, Osu Nadu Klottey Wulomo, went through some principal streets to the Independence Arch and back to the Castle. It is the first time the art festival - showcasing of designs, paintings, pictures and other art works has been brought to the community. Hundreds of men and women, including the elderly, joined the event in all-white apparels. The 'spiritual procession' witnessed the pouring of libation at every road intersection. Though a solemn procession...
2023 Chale Wote Art Festival opens with a remembrance procession
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2023 Chale Wote Art Festival opens with a remembrance procession

The 2023 Chale Wote Art Festival has taken off with a customary “remembrance” procession in the Osu community in Accra. The walk started at about 1600hrs on Monday with the ‘train’ making its first stop at the Osu Klottey Shrine, near the Christiansborg Castle, where the team sought spiritual ‘clearance and permission’ from the gods to proceed whilst seeking their blessings. Dressed in all-white outfit with “nyanya” leaves - believed to purify, heal, and ward-off evil spirits around their necks, the about 500 men and women took part in the procession, which lasted for about 30 minutes. The participants were led by traditional leaders through some principal streets where libations were poured at every road intersection with spiritual leaders ringing bells and children carrying sma...
Chale Wote street art festival goes virtual
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Chale Wote street art festival goes virtual

This year's edition of the 'Chale Wote' street art festival will be held virtually, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced. This development according to the AMA has become necessary due to the surge in the COVID-19 cases and in compliance with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's latest directive of avoiding large gatherings to prevent the spread of the virus. A statement released by Mr. Gilbert Nii Ankrah, Head of Public Affairs at AMA said they had together with the organizers of the festival have lined up activities to broadcast the event on virtual platforms starting from Friday, August 13-22, 2021. "Furthermore, contrary to previous events and its associated large crowd there would be no outdoor activities that require in-person participation during this...