The Gbese Mantse, Nii Ayi-Bon­te II, over the weekend per­formed the traditional sprinkling of kpokpoi as part of the celebration of Homowo Festival in Accra (Ga Mashie). Homowo, one of the iconic festivals in the country, loosely translates as 'hooting at hunger' and is predominantly celebrated by the Ga- Dangme people in the Greater Accra Region. • Nii Ayi-Bonte II sprinkling kpokpoi at the festival It is a festival not only intended for merry making but also to thank the gods and ancestors for blessing the people with bountiful harvest after a long period of famine. The festival is usually preceded with a one month ban on drumming and noise making in Accra and is done as part of the spiritual plant­ing of corn (mwaidumo) and the subsequent lifting of the ban through the Odada ritual. In line with custom, the sprinkling of the first kpokpoi which is the sole preserve of Gbese which is the Adonteng of the Ga State is mostly carried out by the paramount chief of the area to signal the commencement of the festival. Adorned in all red apparel, Nii Ayi-Bonte led a retinue of asafoatsemei (traditional warriors), divisional, sub-chiefs and elders of the principal houses of Gbese to perform the sprinkling of the kpokpoi.