Vice President and flagbearer of the NPP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday, joined the chiefs and people of Ga Mashie to celebrate the 2024 Homowo festival.
The Vice President was welcomed by the Ga Mantsɛ, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru, the Gbese Mantsɛ, Nii Ayibontey and the Sempe Mantsɛ, Nii Adote Otintor.
“It was a beautiful display of culture, accompanied by a renewal of familial and friendly ties. Ghana indeed has a heritage worth celebrating,” Bawumia said in a post.
Bawumia further “wished all Gas a year of possibilities.”
Homowo
The Ga people celebrate Homowo which is translated as ‘hooting at hunger’ in remembrance of a devastating famine arising from a drought that occured in their history in precolonial Ghana. The festival starts in the month of August with the planting of crops (mainly maize and yam) before the rainy season starts.
During this period, noise making is prohibited or banned since it is believed that it will hinder the maturity of the crops.
Even though it is a Ga traditional festival, many other ethnic groups also partake in the celebrations.
