Symbolic Significance of Enyan Abaasa Asafo Flags
Symbolic Significance of Enyan Abaasa Asafo Flags
Images on Asafo flags are normally allegoric representations of proverbs, metaphors, maxims and traditions associated with the cultures of the Akans. This study employed descriptive and analytical methods. An inquiry discovery, oral interviews and questionnaires were employed to bring to bear some of the hidden Asafo flags and their philosophical representations. It was revealed that most of the youths did not associate themselves with the Asafo groups because of religious beliefs they lacked the philosophical meanings of most of the symbols used in the various Asafo flags. This has negatively affected the sustenance, promotion, and transmission of Asafo activities from one generation to another making the youths of today lack various ethics, and cultural values of our societies. It has therefore become imperative now to explore the philosophical interpretations of Asafo lags for documentation and referencing.