Former President John Dramani Mahama paid homage to the people of the Ga land when he graced the Ga Homowo festival in GA Mashie in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, amid excitements among the gathered crowd.
Mr. Mahama who was accompanied by some top members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) including the General Secretary of the Party, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah popularly known as General Mosquito was greeted by scores of people at the Ga Mashie area. He also extended courtesies to the Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayibonte II, who together with his people were clothed in red.
The Homowo festival is marked annually by the Ga people as an occasion to celebrate their ancestors' victory over hunger. The traditional dish, Kpokpoi, mainly made from corn is prepared during Homowo and sprinkled in a symbolic homage to the Ga ancestors. Families and well wishers join the the eating of the Kpokpoi and wish each other well for a successful year ahead.
Content created and supplied by: DDchannel (via Opera
News )
Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.com and/or report the article using the available reporting functionality built into our Platform
See More
COMMENTS