Homowo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008)

Homowo is a festival celebrated by Ga people of Ghana. The festival starts in the month of May with the planting of crops before the rainy season starts.

[edit] Etymology

The word homowo (Homo - hunger, wo - sleep) can mean to hoot or jeer at hunger. ^[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 predominately dwell. When the rains returned to normal, the Ga people celebrated by creating the Homowo festival hence it name and meaning.