READERS’ MAIL:The Blind Copy of Foreign Trends-When Are We Going To Stop And Be Proud Of Our Culture And Heritage As Ghanaians

Hello Chris,

I am an avid reader of this blog-GhanaCelebrities.Com and I just wanted to share something that I feel needs to be addressed. I don’t normally comments on articles that are posted on here. When I do comment, it is on issues that I feel strongly about and my username is She-Meyor.

One of such issues is the celebration of Halloween in Ghana. Since when did Ghana start celebrating Halloween? The copy-cat attitude about Ghanaians should Stop! Do they even know the reasons behind it and why Americans, and other foreign countries celebrate it? I’m so annoyed that our people  are Copying Blindly.

When did we start celebrating Goth and Ghoul and everything synonymous to Evil. I just cannot fathom why we are not proud of our culture and heritage, and that we just have to jump on every stupid idea that a foreigner has and think that will also be good for us.

Recently, I read an article on this blog about actress Juliet Ibrahim hosting a Halloween party titled ‘Halloween Weekend with the Stars’ to raise funds for her charity.

Although, I will commend her for the cause she has taken time to embark on, the theme for the party is a stupid one. And I repeat a STUPID one. Why couldn’t she find some other idea or theme for her party that is significant to the Ghanaian culture?

Also, Smirnoff is hosting another Halloween party to urge on this absurd trend that is going rampant in the country. This is a serious issue that needs attention in order to end it.

I live in the U.S. but I do not even celebrate Halloween or entertain the idea of it because it has a negative connotation to it. So I will urge my fellow Ghanaians to appreciate our culture and holidays and be proud of it.

If not, we will become a mockery of the world as a country that has no identity and just takes up on the practices of other nations..Hypothetically speaking, since we have started to celebrate Halloween, what else are we going to start celebrating? Are we going to start celebrating, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day and July 4^th (Independence Day) and Thanks Giving Day also?

Well, as a person from Ghana , I do not want to see our country go down such a destructive path all in the name of foreign trends.

It will be sad and disappointing to be seen as such. What do u think other African countries will say about us, as a Nation that condones such practices? Like I said earlier, we would be a Mockery of the world and that is not what we want as a Nation.

From Miss Eddie-Lynn/USA

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