KARENNI STATE – It is reported that the Karenni Traditional Eldopawmee (aka Dekuu) festival was briefly held at Doepa El Village Tract, Walthutaw Village, Hpruso Township last Thursday and Friday (September 7 and 8).
The Karenni Traditional Eldopawmee (aka Dekuu) festival is held each year, inviting relatives and treating them well.
Due to the clashes in the area, the Eldopawmee festival could not be held all over Karenni State, in every village. But the festival is carried out (in some villages) to evade demonic power and to keep the tradition, stated a local.
It is said that Karenni locals and displaced persons in Hpruso’s Doepa El Village Tract gathered and held the Dekuu festival briefly.