LIKPE LAUNCHES 'LEKORYI' FESTIVAL (Page 20)

Story: Tim Dzamboe, Likpe-Bala

THE people of the Likpe Traditional Area in the Hohoe Municipality have launched their biennial "Lekoryi" or unity festival at
Likpe-Bala in the Volta Region.
The launch finalised all arrangements for the celebration of the festival, which comes off on March 22, this year.
The festival will coincide with the launch of a GH¢100,000 education endowment fund to promote education in the traditional area.
In an address, the Otekple of Likpe, Nana Soglo Alloh IV, explained that the festival was a significant milestone in the revival of the rich values of Likpe.
He, therefore, urged the people to bury their differences and work in unity to speed up development of the area.
Launching the festival, a member of the planning committee, Mr Clement Dorleku, stressed the need for a sanitation contest among all communities in the traditional area, adding that the sides of roads linking all communities in the area would be cleared during the competition.
He said as part of the festival, the people would visit the Todome ancestral caves and organise a football gala and indoor games.
Fourteen members of the Sekpele Development Committee charged with the writing of the Likpe dialect, known as "Sekpele" into a readable language, were introduced at the durbar.
In an address, a member of the committee, Mr W. Y. Bonsi, said currently, the Likpe language could be written and read, making it accessible and easy for other tribes to learn.
He urged all the natives to read and review the available literature to enable them to give a feedback and suggestions to the committee.
Mr Bonsi said the project was under the auspices of the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) and the Volta Regional Multiple Project.