Ghana's Living Museum: Winneba Masquerade Festival 2024

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Dutch and British traders at the Winneba seaport began the tradition of the festival in the 19th century. Wearing assorted masks, they danced and drank in white-owned bars celebrating Christmas. Janka Abraham, who hailed from Saltpond, also in the Central Region, and worked as a bar attendant at one of these bars, thought of incorporating the masquerade tradition and festival into local custom. He founded the troop known as Nobles with his friend, pharmacist A. K. Yamoah, in the Alata Kokwado neighborhood around 1923 or 1924. People who belonged to A. K. Yamoah's football club and indoor games groups joined. Membership required the ability to speak the English language.
The members of the Nobles would gather before dawn on Christmas Day, dressed up in costumes, such as garb of doctors, nurses, teachers, ministers, pastors, farmers, fishermen, prostitutes, pastors, drivers, cowboys, sailors, angels, or even the white colonial masters. The idea was to imitate the various town professions and parody the Europeans. The troop would then parade through the streets of Winneba, backed by adaha music, and would continue all day into the evening.
Ghana's Winneba Fancy Dress Festival Is a Living Museum - 2023 Winneba Masquerade
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I’m watching it from Japan and show to my Japanese family especially my children and told them the history behind it one of it kind you never witness it in globe except Winneba in my day but it has spread through out the country and uphold my hometown festival.Thanks a lot for posting We have to make we suppose to maintain it well.

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🎉 Best of all

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Thank you

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I was there yesterday and it was fantastic and do you know who won because I left there before the results were announced

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Group 4 won

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Yeah it true

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Takoradi Ankos copy cat

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Sorry Sir but Winneba started it first

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It all one Ghana. Peace and love

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Swedru and Winneba masquarade are far better than Ankos.
The only thing Takoradi masquarade have over the two are number of participants and the hype aside that it's so dry