The High Commissioner of the Loroum province, Captain Djibril Bassolé, chaired a day of socio-cultural and sporting activities on Saturday March 9, 2024 in Titao to celebrate peace and social cohesion. It saw the participation of the local population and the different communities living in Titao.
The population of Titao celebrated Saturday March 9, 2024, a day dedicated to peace and social cohesion through socio-cultural and sporting activities, chaired by the High Commissioner of the Loroum province, Captain Djibril Bassolé.
This communities day is an initiative of the Atelier ThéStre du Loroum and the NGO EDUCO as part of the ‘Améliorons Nos Vies’ project.
‘It is with immense joy that we welcome this activity. She comes to wake up the town of Titao,’ declared Captain Bassolé.
The deputy base manager of the NGO EDUCO, Iliassou Djimoudi, recalled that the day will contribute to rekindling the fraternal flame between the populations of Loroum, all communities combined.
According to him, ‘the mobilization
alone showed that the populations agreed to join hands for peace and social cohesion’.
For the traditional chief of Titao, Naaba Wadga, ‘We are very proud to come together around such an activity and to commune together.’
He indicated that those who are outside here do not imagine that in Titao the populations could find themselves like this.
‘But through this activity, we have shown them that this is possible and we hope that similar actions will be multiplied for the benefit of these resilient populations,’ he added.
The departmental women’s coordinator, Aminata Zango, noted her satisfaction.
‘We took the opportunity to commemorate Women’s Day. It is an immense joy for the women of the massive mobilization for all the initiatives of this day,’ noted Ms. Zango.
Titao Communities Day took place in several phases.
In the morning, hundreds of people led by administrative, customary and religious authorities walked the streets of Titao through a popular cross.
The opinion leaders and representatives of t
he different communities then put in the meeting room of the Titao town hall for a discussion meeting on endogenous conflict prevention and management mechanisms.
The Titao youth and culture center also welcomed the different communities of Titao, who came to show their know-how.
Women demonstrated traditional cotton carding, spinning and weaving techniques to the audience.
‘This is the first time I have seen these instruments and the traditional cotton processing technique,’ said a participant.
The community village also made it possible to see the cultural potential of Loroum, in particular the dance steps and local music, the art objects and the board games.
In the evening, the people gathered on the field for a Maracana match which pitted women’s and men’s teams from communities with joke relationships against each other.
‘Through this activity, Titao took up a major challenge. The challenge of organizing large-scale activities despite the security situation. At the same time, it is a nod to partner
s who are still hesitant to come to Titao,’ declared High Commissioner Djibril Bassolé.
The Loroum province has been facing a difficult security situation since 2015. But the efforts to reconquer the national territory allowed the relaunch of certain socio-cultural activities.
Source: Burkina Information Agency