{"id":344303,"date":"2017-08-12T15:10:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=344303"},"modified":"2017-08-12T15:10:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:10:56","slug":"ga-mashie-celebrates-homowo-in-grand-style-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=344303","title":{"rendered":"Ga Mashie celebrates homowo in grand style [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The people of Ga Mashie in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday celebrated their annual Homowo festival in grand style.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-344330 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-59.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-59\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-344329 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-58.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-58\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-344328 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-57.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-57\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The festival which means \u201chooting at hunger\u201d was characterised by several activities such as the pouring of libation by the traditional authorities and the sprinkling of their traditional food; \u201cKpokpoe\u201d amidst gunshots, singing and drumming.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344337 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-1.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344336 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-65.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-65\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344335 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-64.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-64\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344334 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-63.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-63\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344333 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-62.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-62\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Led by the chief of Gbese, Nii Ayi Bonte II, the traditional leaders, clothed in red apparels, moved from one home to the other, sprinkling the traditional food and blessing their subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the festival, there was a month-long ban on noise making and drumming in the capital city, Accra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344332 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-61.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-61\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344331 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-60.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-60\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344327 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-56.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-56\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344326 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-55.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-55\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ga-Mashie group celebrates the festival first followed by other towns including the La and Teshie groups.<\/p>\n<p>Homowo recounts the migration of the Gas and reveals their agricultural success in their new settlement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344324 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-53.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-53\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344323 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-52.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-52\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344322 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-51.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-51\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344321 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-50.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-50\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Ga oral tradition, a severe famine broke out among the people during their migration to present day Accra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344321 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-50.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-50\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344320 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-49.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-49\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344319 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-48.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-48\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344318 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-47.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-47\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They were inspired by the famine to embark on massive food production exercises which eventually yielded them bumper harvests.<\/p>\n<p>Their hunger ended and with great joy, they \u201chooted at hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344317 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-46.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-46\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344316 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-45.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-45\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344315 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-44.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-44\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344314 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-43.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-43\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344313 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-42.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-42\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344312 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-41.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-41\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344311 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-40.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-40\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344310 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-39.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-39\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344309 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-38.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-38\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344308 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-37.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-37\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344307 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-36.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-36\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344306 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-35.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-35\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344305 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ga-mashie-homowo-2017-34.jpg\" alt=\"ga-mashie-homowo-2017-34\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Roberta Edem Abbeyquaye\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The people of Ga Mashie in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday celebrated their annual Homowo festival in grand style. The festival which means \u201chooting at hunger\u201d was characterised by several activities such as the pouring of libation by the traditional authorities and the sprinkling of their traditional food; \u201cKpokpoe\u201d amidst gunshots, singing and drumming. 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