Ga-Mashie celebrates homowo festival
The people of Ga-Mashie in Accra last Saturday celebrated their annual Homowo festival. As the norm, the Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bonte II, began with the sprinkling of the traditional kpopoi, around 12 noon in the Ga-Mashie community and at the shrines of their gods and ancestors to seek their protection.
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This was done simultaneously with the chiefs of Abola, Asere, Sempe, Otublohum, Akumanje and Ngleshie, all under the Ga-Mashie paramountcy.
The ritual paved the way for the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Adama Latse II, who later took over the sprinkling of kpokpoi.
Homowo, which literally means hooting at hunger, is characterised by drumming and dancing and general merry-making.
End to chieftaincy disputes
Before embarking on the sprinkling of the traditional food, King Latse called on all chiefs and traditional leaders within the Ga Traditional Area to end all disputes in order to paint a good picture of the Ga State.
According to him, there were many reports about disputes in the Ga State, painting a gloomy picture that could deter investors from coming to do business there.
He, therefore, called for peace and calm in the communities, urging the chiefs and people to live in harmony.
Ebola and cholera
King Latse further called on Ghanaians to maintain good sanitation conditions in order to curb the current health threat of cholera and Ebola.
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“The government alone cannot do it unless we make up our minds to be clean at all levels in order to compliment the efforts of the government,” he said.
He prayed for God’s guidance for the nation and its leaders , adding that without the wisdom of God the leaders would not succeed in their enceavours.