Parents Entreated To Encourage Wards To Embrace Indigenous Ghanaian Attire, Local Cuisines In Promotion Of Culture

Ghanaian parents have been charged to nurture their children in an atmosphere of lowering their preference on foreign culture to that of the country in other to inculcate in them the unadulterated Ghanaian culture growing up.

Guardians have been implored to encourage their wards to grow the taste of Ghanaian foods and also wear the country's uniquely designed traditional dresses and shun their taste for foreign foods and attire.

The advice follows the rapidly evolving western culture among Ghanaian youths at the expense of the country's inherited indigenous culture.

Ms. Ama Gyamfua Panford, the Headmistress of Pershie-Jira Akyinim M/A Basic School in Elmina in the Central Region, gave the advice at the school's cultural day celebration on Friday, which saw students clad in their respective traditional attire, coupled with an amazing cultural displays.

Students at the occasion were made to showcase their cooking prowess in a food exhibition where a team of four student groups were tasked to prepare indigenous Ghanaian foods like kokonte with groundnut soup, banku with okro stew, bayere and borede t), ampesi with kontomere stew, yam and cassava with kontomere and local drinks like sobolo, pineapple juice, watermelon drink, and ahE.

Speaking in an interview with Sompa TV's Eric Annan, the Headteacher of Pershie-Jira Akyinim M/A Basic School, outlined the importance of culture on Ghana's education system and the benefit students and the country in general stands to recoup.

According to Ms. Ama Gyamfua Panford, should parents inculcate in their children the taste for Ghanaian local foods, will help in reducing chemicals often introduced into the body through junk foods.

She consequently beseeched parents to try their best to instill in their children, the desire to clad in the country's indigenous dresses in other to have them relate well to their origin for adequate relevance to be placed on Ghana's culture, since teachers continually try their best to ascertain that feet.

Some pupils of the school on sharing their bit, recounted how impactful the cultural day celebration has been to them, following that which they have learnt so far.

They observed to have learnt the cultural diversity of Ghana during the school's cultural day celebration, as the occasion has taught them how to prepare various Ghanaian dishes coupled with how their lives can be transformed and shaped through culture.

Sompaonline.com//Eric Annan