The rich culture and tradition of the good people of the Krobo Land area goes On forever….
Today Friday 4th June, 2021, the Good people of Agbom Juaben in the Lower Manya Krobo Traditional Area observed Yasitlemi Man)yami as the pride tradition of the good people of the Krobo Land area goes on..
Yasitlemi… Final funeral rite
Man)yami.. Communal gathering
The whole community gather at a particular gathering space, man)yami to perform the final funeral rites, yasitlemi of the dead within the period.
It is believed that, all the dead keeps roaming here on earth among the living until the final funeral rites called yasitlemi is performed before they get access to the ancestral land to join the ancestors.
This is done twice every year which in this June/July and October/November two weeks and one week before and after wordomi and two and one week after ngmayemi respectively.