Nabia performed the Bamaya dance to outline its history[/caption]
Northern Region’s Nabia became the latest evictee of the Ghana’s Most Beautiful XII after her votes failed to get her past the other contestants.
She was the last performer on a night of lacklustre performances from the seven remaining contestants.
On a night of slips and errors amidst missing of lines by the contestants, the judges decided not to honour any of them with awards.
As a result, there were no awards for Star Performance nor Most Eloquent.
But what the ladies dread the most is the only gift the judges had for them on the night – eviction.
Coincidentally, that went to the last performer on the night, Nabia.
She performed and retold the history of the Bamaya dance, which is very popular among tribes in the Northern Region.
Nabia may have been at par with all the contestants who mounted the stage before her on Sunday, November 4, 2018 but her votes failed her.
Judge Linda Ampah made it clear to the contestants that their fate largely depends on votes from their followers and on a night none of them really impressed the judges, the poll numbers were highly influential.
And, unfortunately, it was the last and the least for Nabia.
She joins Volta Region’s Dzifa, Upper West Region’s Nuo and Western Region’s Adepa as the contestants to have fallen by the road to the final.
She told programme co-host Johnnie Hughes – after her eviction on stage – that she will go back to her project of “fighting against hard drugs and alcohol in our Ghanaian community”.
Nabia will go home with GH¢5,000 and 10,000 exercise books from sponsors Heaven Black Mosquito Spray and Coil for distribution to deprived schools in her region.
Performances
The night – that of culture and tradition – was broached by a powerful performance from the Ghana Dance Ensemble.
But it was Greater Accra Region’s Naa who began it all for the ladies.
She played the role of an elderly woman officiating a naming ceremony among the people of her region.
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Naa shows how naming new-born babies is done among Gas[/caption]
Wekia, Ohema and Afrah followed, in that order, with performances that highlighted the culture and tradition of their respective regions.
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Wekia performs as a bride prepared for her husband in an arranged marriage, prevalent in the Upper East Region[/caption]
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Brong Ahafo’s Ohema is on the fontomfrom to chronicle the history of the Bonos and the Ahafos[/caption]
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Afrah acts as a queenmother and shows how communal funerals are among the Ashantis[/caption]
Tewa and Abena also mounted the stage, after which Nabia came to do her Bamaya dance .
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Tewa appears as an old lady with a word of advice for her female child[/caption]
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Eastern Region’s Abena presents a futuristic dipo, the popular tradition among the Krobos[/caption]
“Majority did not impress us,” the judges said.
With six ladies left in the contest, the road to the final is getting clearer.
This is, indeed, the life for them as one or two more would have to exit before the grand finale.
By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana
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