 The institution of the festival was to commemorate the migration of the "Simpafo"( the aboriginal name of the people of Winneba).The people believed that a god, who they called Penkye Otu, had protected them from all dangers during their migration and to show their appreciation, the people consulted the custodian of the god, a traditional priest who acted as an intermediary between the people and the god, to ask the god for its preferred sacrifice.To their astonishment, the god asked for a human sacrifice, someone from the royal family.