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Homowo

The Ga people of Accra hoot at hunger and sprinkle steamed maize meal for the ancestors.

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Photo: Agbleyjill, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Homowo

Homowo means hooting at hunger. The Ga people of Ghana keep it in memory of a famine their ancestors survived, after which the harvest returned. Each Ga town holds it on its own day, most of them in August. The dish of the festival is kpokpoi, steamed fermented maize meal mixed with palm oil. Chiefs and family heads sprinkle it on the ground for the ancestors, and families eat it with palm nut soup and fish. Doors are open, and anyone may come in and eat.

The dishes

KpekpeleSteamed maize meal with palm oil, sprinkled and eaten.Palm nut soupServed with fish over the kpokpoi.Palm winePoured in libation to the ancestors.
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Homowo" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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