Traditional musical groups outdoor new songs for Prampram ‘Kpledo’ festival

 

The drum or Kplemi is then lowered into the ocean, which signifies the washing away of problems that befell the town in the past months leading to the festival. Prayers are then offered for better things to come onto the land. The role of the Ojehshilen is therefore significant to the event.  

The themes of the songs vary and they can be criticism of a person’s bad conduct or praise. On Sunday night, for example, one of the songs wondered why Ghana is at the International Money Fund, IMF, for $3b when the country is blessed with natural resources including oil. They again questioned why people go into government only to turn to Western countries to run the economy for them.

One unique thing about the songs and the festival is that whoever a song is composed for especially the ones which expose bad character, the subject of the song cannot take the group or any of the members to court.

Traditional musical groups outdoor new songs for Prampram ‘Kpledo’ festival