Homowo
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Homowo is a major traditional harvest festival of the Ga people of Ghana, marked by rituals, drumming, dancing, and the symbolic “hooting at hunger.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homowo canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural event
ⓘ
festival ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional Ga calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedBy | Ga people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralLocation |
Ga Mashie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jamestown NERFINISHED ⓘ Ussher Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
affirmation of social cohesion
ⓘ
intergenerational family reunion ⓘ marker of Ga identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupContext | Ga-Adangbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
dancing
ⓘ
drumming ⓘ feasting ⓘ singing ⓘ traditional prayers ⓘ |
| hasDanceType | traditional Ga dances ⓘ |
| hasMusicType | traditional Ga drumming ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
hooting at hunger
ⓘ
libation pouring ⓘ procession of chiefs ⓘ sprinkling of kpokpoi ⓘ visiting family houses ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicMeaning |
celebration of bumper harvest
ⓘ
mocking hunger ⓘ remembrance of past famine ⓘ thanksgiving to deities and ancestors ⓘ |
| languageOfSongs | Ga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainFood |
kpokpoi
ⓘ
palm-nut soup ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Accra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La ⓘ Nungua NERFINISHED ⓘ Osu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tema NERFINISHED ⓘ Teshie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preFestivalRitual |
ban on drumming
ⓘ
ban on noise-making ⓘ fasting and purification ⓘ planting of maize ⓘ |
| region | Greater Accra Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Ga traditional religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
honouring ancestors
ⓘ
invoking protection for the coming year ⓘ |
| timeOfYear |
August
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
September NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.