The month-long
ban on drumming and noisemaking in Ga States has officially been lifted.
This was after
Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bonte II, on Thursday, June 15, 2023, beat the Odadao
twins drums to signify the lifting of the ban at the Gbese Palace amid cheers
and firing of musketry.
The event was
well attended by traditional leaders of the Ga states, Accra Metropolitan
Assembly Mayor Elizabeth Sackey, Member of Parliament for Odododiodioo Edwin
Nii Lante Vanderpuye, Wulomei as well as indigenes.
This year’s ban
on drumming and noisemaking commenced on May 15 as part of preparations for the
celebration of the Homowo festival by the Ga people.
The ban affected
any form of noise-making, including the use of loudspeakers, drums,
tambourines, roadside evangelism among others.
With the lifting
of the ban, the Director of Communications at the Office of the Gbese Mantse,
Theophilus Wilson Adzie, in a Citi News interview says all is set for
the celebration of the Homowo festival.
“The Odadao
signifies the beginning of the Homowo. In a few weeks from now, that will be on
the 19th August, the principal jurisdiction of this land will celebrate the
Homowo festival. The Homowo festival is an activity to hoot at hunger. The Gas
have passed through war, have passed through certain journeys, and they did
these activities to remember their forefathers and ancestors and ask blessings
from the Almighty God,” he said
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