The people of Ga Mashie will today celebrate the annual Homowo festival in Accra.<\/p>\n
Homowo which means “hooting at hunger” is usually preceded by a month long ban on noise making and drumming in the capital city, Accra.<\/p>\n
It begins with the sowing of millet by the traditional priests in May every year.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”UPwGR71cnnTbh4q70i9x8QRdRRwmNOk7″]The festival is organized at varying times by different quarters of the Ga tribe and celebrated with the sprinkling of \u2018Kpokpoe\u2019 [a mixture of palm soup and ground corn] by the traditional authorities.<\/p>\n
The Ga-Mashie group celebrates the festival first followed by other towns including the La and Teshie groups.<\/p>\n
Homowo recounts the migration of the Gas and reveals their agricultural success in their new settlement.<\/p>\n
According to Ga oral tradition, a severe famine broke out among the people during their migration to present day Accra.<\/p>\n
They were inspired by the famine to embark on massive food production exercises which eventually yielded them bumper harvests.<\/p>\n
Their hunger ended and with great joy, they \u201chooted at hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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