Sunday morning and the drums are beating in the many smaller churches which surround my house. Kintampo has many churches - some represent the 'orthodox' churches - Methodist, Presbyterian and Catholic. Others are larger international Pentecostal churches - the Assemblies of God for example, and others such as the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Seventh Day Adventists. Then there are national churches such as the Church of Pentecost, one of the oldest and largest Pentecostal groups in Ghana, and smaller churches set up by local pastors. Pentecostal and Charismatic churches are the most popular and the most prolific, offering opportunities to do what Ghanaians love best - singing and dancing. Walking around my neighbourhood on Sunday morning, everyone is dressed for church, the women in beautiful 'kaba and slit', often in black and white, the men in suits or generous lengths of cloth worn toga-style. Some clutch Bibles in Twi or English. I met these children on their way to church all dressed up in their Sunday best.
Monday 25 February 2008
Dressed for church
Sunday morning and the drums are beating in the many smaller churches which surround my house. Kintampo has many churches - some represent the 'orthodox' churches - Methodist, Presbyterian and Catholic. Others are larger international Pentecostal churches - the Assemblies of God for example, and others such as the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Seventh Day Adventists. Then there are national churches such as the Church of Pentecost, one of the oldest and largest Pentecostal groups in Ghana, and smaller churches set up by local pastors. Pentecostal and Charismatic churches are the most popular and the most prolific, offering opportunities to do what Ghanaians love best - singing and dancing. Walking around my neighbourhood on Sunday morning, everyone is dressed for church, the women in beautiful 'kaba and slit', often in black and white, the men in suits or generous lengths of cloth worn toga-style. Some clutch Bibles in Twi or English. I met these children on their way to church all dressed up in their Sunday best.
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