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[[File:Accra Homowo um1900 300dpi.jpg|thumb|A street in [[Accra]]. Many people from nearby neighborhoods and the surrounding area flock to the city center in order to attend the celebration of the Homowo Festival, the annual main festival of the [[Ga people|Ga]], around 1900]] |
[[File:Accra Homowo um1900 300dpi.jpg|thumb|A street in [[Accra]]. Many people from nearby neighborhoods and the surrounding area flock to the city center in order to attend the celebration of the Homowo Festival, the annual main festival of the [[Ga people|Ga]], around 1900]] |
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[[File:Course cycliste organisée à Teshie lors du festival Homowo 2009.jpg| |
[[File:Course cycliste organisée à Teshie lors du festival Homowo 2009.jpg|tya boi The [[festival]] starts in the month of May with the planting of crops before the [[rainy season]] starts. During the festival, they perform a dance called Kpanlogo. The Ga people celebrate Homowo in the remembrance of the famine that once happened in their history in precolonial Ghana. |
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'''Homowo''' is a festival celebrated by the [[Ga-Adangbe people|Ga people]] of [[Ghana]]. The [[festival]] starts in the month of May with the planting of crops before the [[rainy season]] starts. During the festival, they perform a dance called Kpanlogo. The Ga people celebrate Homowo in the remembrance of the famine that once happened in their history in precolonial Ghana. |
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== Etymology == |
== Etymology == |
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The word Homowo (''Homo'' - hunger, ''wo'' - hoot) can mean "to hoot (or jeer) at hunger" in the Ga language.<ref name="roots"> The [[Library of Congress]]'s article on Homowo. Retrieved 08 September 07</ref> The tradition of Homowo started with a period of hunger leading to [[famine]] due to failure of the seasonal [[rain]]s needed by crops in the [[Greater Accra Region]], where the Ga people predominantly dwell. When |
The word Homowo (''Homo'' - hunger, ''wo'' - hoot) can mean "to hoot (or jeer) at hunger" in the Ga language.<ref name="roots"> The [[Library of Congress]]'s article on Homowo. Retrieved 08 September 07</ref> The tradition of Homowo started with a period of hunger leading to [[famine]] due to failure of the seasonal [[rain]]s needed by crops in the [[Greater Accra Region]], where the Ga people predominantly dwell. When hi im joeuyrg/ Promoting and celebrating Homowo with] [[Obo Addy]] |
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==See also== |
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* [[Culture of Ghana]] |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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* [http://www.homowo.org/ Promoting and celebrating Homowo with] [[Obo Addy]] |
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[[Category:Ghanaian culture]] |
[[Category:Ghanaian culture]] |
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[[File:Course cycliste organisée à Teshie lors du festival Homowo 2009.jpg|tya boi The festival starts in the month of May with the planting of crops before the rainy season starts. During the festival, they perform a dance called Kpanlogo. The Ga people celebrate Homowo in the remembrance of the famine that once happened in their history in precolonial Ghana.
Etymology
The word Homowo (Homo - hunger, wo - hoot) can mean "to hoot (or jeer) at hunger" in the Ga language.[1] The tradition of Homowo started with a period of hunger leading to famine due to failure of the seasonal rains needed by crops in the Greater Accra Region, where the Ga people predominantly dwell. When hi im joeuyrg/ Promoting and celebrating Homowo with] Obo Addy
- ^ The Library of Congress's article on Homowo. Retrieved 08 September 07