This year’s edition of the Eluo festival for the chiefs and people of Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area commenced yesterday with a football Gala competition.
Today, the people will partake in a general health screening in various communities in the area.
There will be Inter SHS Quiz competition on Tuesday followed by a Cultural Day and a Traditional Food Fair on Wednesday and Thursday respectively while Clean up and Spiritual cleansing at Bibiani and Anhwiaso are scheduled for Friday.
As part of the programmes and activities drawn for the week long festivities, the Paramount chief of the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, who also serves as the President of the National House of Chiefs and Nana Ago Botwe II, Paramount Queenmother of the Traditional Area and the Council of Elders will host the President John DramaniMahama (Special Guest), Dr. Daniel McKorley, founder of the McDan Group of Companies (Guest of Honour) and Awulae Agyeifi Kwame II, Paramount chief of Nsein Traditional area (chairman) at a grand durbar at Bibiani on Saturday November 22, 2025 to climax the festival.
The theme for Eluo festival 2025 is: “Our Heritage, our people, our development”.
It coincides with Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II’s 75th birthday and 35th anniversary on the throne.
The festival is a cultural event, which traditionally heralds the harvesting of yams, a staple crop, symbolizing a period of abundance and renewal and used to reinforce community ties and plan for future development.
It brings people from far and near to deepen their understanding of Sefwi culture, foster social cohesion, and promote unity among the various communities.
The durbars held during the festival serve as platforms for traditional authorities and community members to discuss plans for local development, education, and investment opportunities.
During the festival, visitors are welcome to share food, drinks amid drumming and dancing during which people put on their brightest and best traditional clothes to the durbar and showcase splendid cultural performances including poetry, drumming, traditional dance, drama, and arts exhibitions.
The paramount chief has prioritised the promotion of education and peace as key to development over the years.
Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi has been influential in the establishment of the Queen’s SHS and encouraged the youth to get involved in TVET programmes to secure their future.
The Omanhene has so far resolved chieftaincy issues hence the prevailing peace in the area.
He has called on Corporate entities operating in the Traditional Area to support students as part of the corporate social responsibility to champion the developmental agenda of the area.
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