The High Commissioner of the province of Nahouri, Auguste Kinda, chaired on Saturday May 4, 2024 in Dakola, the closing of the activities of the first edition of the neighbors festival of Dakola, a locality located around twenty km south of the town of Pô and bordering Burkina and Ghana. For four days, artists and populations of the two countries communicated around several activities.Living communities on both sides of the Burkina-Ghana border met in Dakola to commune together, but also to live and celebrate the cultural values common to the two peoples through, among other things, evenings of stories, legends, djongo dance and performances by artists from Ghana and Burkina, for four days.According to the promoter of the Dakola Neighbors Festival, Yacouba Kibora, the first activity of its kind, aims to promote culture and strengthen community ties between the Burkinabè and Ghanaian people who share the same languages and customs.According to him, the Kassena Nankana culture constitutes a very important part of the heritage of the two peoples.'It is a rich, authentic, diverse culture and sometimes unique in some of its components such as its architectural style and its murals,' he explained.Yacouba Kibora clarified that in addition to language, there are other factors of similarity including gastronomy and cultural practices.For the High Commissioner of the Nahouri province, Auguste Kinda, this activity must be sustained.For him, beyond the gastronomic cultural promotion and the strengthening of community integration that the festival advocates, the relations between the populations of the two countries are to be welcomed because, living in harmony and mutual respect for a long time.According to the promoter, the objectives were largely achieved given the enthusiasm of the populations of the two countries around the activity and their commitment to preserving social cohesion and living together between them.Source: Burkina Information Agency