La Homowo Rites
Blכi ahe Juu (Cleansing Of Brooms)
Lamei ahemכ ke yeli ji afi le mli jeke, nohewכ le ehia ake dani abaaye Hכmכwכ le anye atsu nibii fee ni yככ gbatsui (shrines) fee amli ejaake ame he ewo muji (Dust). Ene hewכle, ke aye Yesu amanehulu gbi jurכ pe, ame kweכ nyכŋtsere shi dāmכ, titri le keji nyכŋtsere le tee tsui asee (half-moon) keke le aje kusum niji blכi ahe juu le shishi.
Ajeכ neke kusum nee shishi kejeכ Lakpa we. Atsaa nכ ke mככ gbatsui fee ni yככ La ye gbatsu le kusum gbi nכ. Kusum gbכmei fee baa ameba yeכ eko fee eko he odase.
Gbatsui ni afeכ kusum nee ye ji:
- Lakpa we
- Koolo
- Nyuŋmכtsaa
- Naade
- Blamכ
- Akotia
- Osabu
- Sakumכ
- Klaŋ
- 10. Kpeshie
- 11. Djכbu
Nibii ni ake tsuכ neke kusum nee ji Aflani, Faa mli nu, Tum, Ayilכ ke Haa.
Ashiכkpe kehāā gbi kredee ni abaa tsu neke kusum nee. Awoכ breku ye gbatsu fee gbatsu naa ni majiaŋtsemei ke lumכi krokomei fee bajuכ eko.
Wכte Jwramכ (Pacification of Shrine Stone)
Kusum nee ji kusum ko ni baa nכ otsi pepeepe ke aju blכi ahe agbenaa. Gbatsui komei efee neke kusum nee ye neke otsi le le mli.
Ameye bee kredee ko ni ake feכ neke kusum nee ye Hכmכwכ bee amli.
Hemכkeyeli ji ake ye blכi ahe juu mli le, nijii srכtoi batraa nibii ni ake jeכ kpo ni abajuכ ame he le. Esa ni eja hu ake atsuכ neke nibii nee ahe.
Ene hewכle, atao nibii tamכ too, wuכi, afrani, ke ekrokomei ni ake tsuכ neke kusum nee.
Atoכ neke gbejianכtoo nee pepeepe tamכ bכni afeכ ye blכi-ahejuu le mli.
Too ni agbeכ le, hei komei le ake hoכ fotoli ni hei komei le ajaa loo le ahaa Maŋjiatsemei ke lumei kroko mei. Aye shika kredee ko ni ahāā Wulכmei, Jaanכyei, Amlakui, Dadefoi ke Wכyei ye gbatsu fee gbatsu nani abaaya naa.
Gbatsui ni afeכ kusum nee ye ji:
- Lakpa we
- Koolo
- Nyuŋmכtsaa
- Naade
- Blamכ
- Akotia
- Osabu
- Sakumכ
- Klaŋ
- 10. Kpeshie
La Hכmכwכ Yele Yeli (Yam Festival)
Yele yeli ji kusum ni La okwaafoi loo koseebii yeכ keha niyelinii ni Nyuŋmכ kedro ame ye afi le mli. La hכmכwכ yele yeli baanכ ye hei enumכ. Hei enumכ nee ji Aflimi, Wiabo, Nii Sei, Mankralo sei ke Kosee Bii.
Aflimi ke Wiabo le, ta maŋ woolכi ni nohewכ le ehe hia ake daa afi le aye ame yele. Nii Sei ji Laame Maŋtse sei; ni Mankralo Sei le ji Anarhכ bii asei. Anarhכ bii le ameba ake maŋ, ene hewכ ni ame sei yeo yele le.
Naagbee bii le ji La kosee bii. Afeכ neke kusum nee ye gbii kredee komei ni ato aha kusum nee feemכ.
- Aflimi – Jufכ
- Wiabo – Hכgbaa
- Nii Sei – Hככ
- Mankralo Sei – Hככ
- La Kosee Bii – Sohaa
Gbi ju ni nyie La kosee bii loo akrowai a yele yeli le see nכŋŋ pe keke le ala gbemli (Nmaa dumכ).
Shibāā (Preparation of Grounds)
Kusum nee baa nכ ye gbi jufכ ni nyie shכ ni Lakpa jwraa wכte aloo Sakumכ juכ eblכi ahe le nכ.
Sakumכ blכi ahejuu naagbee pe, Lakpa Wulכmכ baawula, ni tsככ ake abaa tse le tekre ni abaa ha le kכi.
Eke Akotia Wulכmכ ke Amlakui kpotoo ko baaya wכkoo le mli. Ye bie nee le, amebaabā shi ni ame baafee abaŋ bibioo ye jeme. Ene haa hegbe ake nakai otsi le, aya ni ayadu nmaa.
Lakpa Wulכmכ, Akotia Wulכmכ ke Amlakui fioo pe keke baaya ayatsu neke kusum nee ye maŋ le najiaŋ.
Nakai otsi baafee nmaa dumכ gbi.
Nshכ Bulemכ (Purification of the Sea)
Nitsumכ kredee ni Lamei tsuכ ji okwaa ke wuo yaa. Noji ake, be le, Lamei le, okwaafoi ke wolei ji ame.
Daa afi le, La kosee bii yeכ yele haa ame nitsumכ nib ii fee, nohewכ le, ehe hia ake afee nכkכ hu aha NAAYE aloo ŋshכ, heni amenaa loo ye ni ameyeכ le hu. Neke kusum nee ji nכni ametseכ le, ŋshכ-bulemכ le.
Afeכ neke kusum nee ye hכmכwכ yele yeli bei amli.
Kusum nee damככ yiŋtoo enyכ nכ. Kleŋkleŋ le, wolei-atse ke ekweishi bii feכ kusum kredee ko ye ŋshכ le naa. Nכni ji enyכ le, awoכ wolei agbe ni ameyashaa Tsile ke baa. Wolei nee agbe woo ke amebaa le, maŋbii ya yeכ he odase.
Tsile loo ni ashaa ke baa le, akכlככ emli agboi fio ko ni ake baa Lakpa we.
Nכni shweכ le, ahāā maŋjia-atsemei ke Wulכmei fee ni yככ gbatsui le anaa le eko ke ha ame kpekple aloo kכ hoomכ.
Tsile loo nee ji loo ni ake eko toכ keha wכsee afi kכ (kpekple) hoomכ.
Nmaa Dumכ (Planting of Millet)
Nmaa dumכ nee baa nכ ye otsi kome ni nyie shibaa kusum le hie.
Lakpa Wulכmכ ke mei ni eke tsuכ neke kusum nee yaa wכkoo le mli. Ameke nmaa wui yaa ni ameyaduכ ye aban ni afee le nכ.
Ameshwieכ nכ nu, keke le ameke baa eshwie nכ . Daa leebi le, Lakpa Wulכmכ ke ehetsei fio ko ya shwieכ nmaa ni adu nee anכ nu. Nu nכ shwiemכ nee yeכ otsii ete dani aya fāā nmaa le.
Nmaa Fāā (Harvesting of Millet)
Nmaa fāā gbi le, Nii Kakadaŋŋ (Lakpa Wulכmכ) ke wulכmei krokomei le ke mei ni eke tsuכ neke kusum nee kleŋkleŋ yaa wכkoo le mli. Lakpa Wulכmכ faa nmaa ni eba le ye gbejianכ ni ato naa.
Nmaa nee fāā mli anaa mei ni sane ko aloo naagba yככ ame he, ke mei ni sane ko aloo naagba ko be ame he. Mei ni naagba aloo sane ko yככ amehe le, ayeכ ŋkpai ahaa ame ojogbaŋŋ koni amefee kunim yelכi ye afi hee ni baa le mli.
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