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CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CUSTOMS

Religion

The people in the Municipality practiced the Traditional Religion, Christian Religion and Islamic Religion. The distribution pattern of the religious affiliation in the Municipality is about the same in the Region. The proportion that subscribes to the Christian faith is about 67.2% while the traditional religion accounts for 21.8%, the Islamic faith represented by only 8.0% and others 2.0%. Among the Christians are the orthodox churches and the Pentecostal with numerous prayer and healing camps all over the Municipality

Festivals

The traditional Areas are united by some very important festivals and most of the development projects are initiated by the people during these festivals celebration. Most of these celebrations are characterized by music and dance dominated by the popular “Borborbor” and the festivals are epitome of unification symbol. The main festivals are Yam festival, Danyibakaka, Sasaduza and Duawokpeza

 

Date Created : 11/21/2017 6:54:52 AM