Aboakyer Festival 2022: Cheap hotels available in Winneba
The Aboakyer festival is celebrated by the people of Winneba in the Central region. The festival is celebrated on the first Saturday in May.
History of Aboakyer Festival
History has it that, this festival is a replacement for sacrificing humans to animals to appease their god Otu. They make this sacrifice to cast out any evil and to pray for a bumper harvest.
It is told that these people migrated from Southern Sudan and settled at their present location. To celebrate this, the priest instructed them to offer a member of the Royal family as a sacrifice to appease their god.
The people were not happy with this request so they negotiated another offer. The gods wanted an animal from the wild cat family, the animal should be brought in live and sacrificed before the gods.
This was accepted however, many of the young men that go hunting do not come back alive. Therefore, they made another appeal to Otu their god and he accepted the offering of a deer as a sacrifice.
What happens at the Aboakyer festival?
On the eve of the festival, the youths are put into two asafo groups. They are identified by their white and red outfits. Rituals are then performed for them to drive away any bad omen while hunting.
At dawn, the two asafo groups leave to go hunt for the deer. While they are on the hunt, the chief, elders, dignitaries, and the town people gather at the durbar grounds. The first group that arrives with the live deer sets the start for the celebration of the festival. There is a lot of merry-making, cultural displays, and musical concerts.
Accommodation
People from all walks of life come to witness the festival. This is a list of some affordable hotels you can lodge in after the day’s event.
Lord’s hands guest house offers a shared lounge and terrace and offers room service for your convenience
- Firstly, Solent Villa Hotel
- Secondly, JeffNor Apam Junction vacation home
- Thirdly, Charles tourist Centre
- Also, Winneba rest house
- Besides the ones above, Tills number 1 Beach
- Last but not least, Windy Lodge and beach resort
- In light of this, these are just a few of the cheap hotels you will find in Winneba
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