Ga Mashie Homowo festival began on Saturday, August 10, with the traditional Kpokpoi sprinkling ceremony led by Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II.

During the ceremony, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II sprinkled Kpokpoi across 21 houses representing the Ga stool, accompanied by lively drumming, dancing, and musket fire.

The festival’s activities commenced with Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bonte II, the Adobten (Head of Military) of the Ga State, who started the Kpokpoi sprinkling from his palace.

He then proceeded through Ga Mashie’s main streets to Usher Fort.

The event attracted a significant crowd, including tourists and diaspora members who traveled to join the festivities.

Homowo, which means “hooting at hunger,” celebrates the Ga people’s triumph over a historical famine.