Dumsor as a Culture

Dumsor Papa

I started writing this content  with a very happy and cheerful face. Smiles were running all over my face. But all of a sudden, the lights went off, which is known here as Dumsor. The "Dum" which simply means off and the "sor" which also simply means on. When your combine them them is it "off and on.

This has continue for some years now and I must say it is becoming a culture. How is Culture define, it s defined as " a way of life. So if I may i ask, is Dumsor becoming a way of life such as how we eat, dress, cook,  greet, dance, move and smile.

I must confess, this cannot be. I f you know how this Dumsor have affected poorly to the life's of people, then it should be cut off outright from the lives of people. As I was writing this content, I was happy but the moment dumsor catched us I became sad till I waited for 5 hours before it came back.

Imagine if you were working with light at your work place, you would have miss huge amount of money, because time is money.

I will keep praying Dumsor does not become a culture but a different thing else. Maybe it should be thrown into the sea forever for a shark to swallow.

THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW TRAVEL LAKE

Aside the long time existing of Lake Bosomtwe, A new lake has been discovered, It is believed that it is the same old lake that has it spread to new areas in the Ashanti Region. The fun that comes with, is enormous and great.

 People travel from many places just to have a look at the discovered Lake. Traveling there pays. During weekends and holidays most especially, you can see people with drinks in their Coleman ice chests and backpacks of swimming costumes in their pick ups and in taxis travels to the new discovery Lake at Ankaase, a village near Kumasi.

 This has make travel existing to this new area. The excitement is so keen and lovely, Some do find love when they travel over there. During one of such travel visits, Me and my friends, were eager to eat some fufuo, because we wanted some soup to taste.

A small boy directed us to one, opanin’s village hat quarters. To our disappointment, people have consume all the food. Opanin and his wife, assured us that he will prepare something sumptuous for to eat. He went to his backyard took one of his favorite goats in the farm and slaughtered it and started prepare some some fufuo for us.

 As I speak, the soup with fresh goat meat was on fire being prepared by Opanin, whiles the fufuo was being pounded by her wife. This showed how hospitable they were to us and we were so pleased.

The food was so good that other people upon seeing joined us as we eat. I always remember that treat and I have plan to go back and have a good time again.