Winneba Masquerade Festival : The First Party Of The Year In Ghana

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If you want to start your New Year with colour, celebration, and pure energy, there is only one place to be on 1st January, Winneba . While everybody is still sleeping after 31st Night, Winneba is already awake. Drums, brass band, costumes, masks. This is the Winneba Masquerade Festival, locally called Fancy Dress. It is the first major festival in Ghana every year. And it is the second biggest festival in Winneba after Aboakyer. There is a morning in Winneba that does not feel like any other morning in Ghana. By 7am, you can hear it. The brass band far away. The drum, shouting and the crowd. If you are in Winneba on that day, you cannot stay in your room. The sound will drag you out. I remember the first time I followed the sound. I thought something had happened. I thought maybe there was a funeral. But when I reached the road, I saw something I had never seen before. Men wearing masks. Big, colourful, scary, beautiful masks. Some looked like animals. Some looked like old white men ...

How To Prepare Rabbit Khebab (Barbecue) - Recipe


 



Ingredients

  • 500g of rabbit meat
  • 5 onions, 5 green peppers
  • Marinade Sauce
  • 300ml vegetable oil
  • 2 tables spoon of vinegar
  • Khebab sticks


Method

1. Add vinegar to water and wash rabbit meat.

2. Cut the meat into desirable sizes.

3. Soak in marinade for one hour.

4. Fix up the cubes of meat with the onion and green pepper unto the khebab stick.

 5. Place the meat on skewers.

6. Grill half and half meat over charcoal, glaze with oil whiles turning meat on grill.

7 When cooked serve at once.

This dish can be served at parties,funeral, wedding and many more.

Why You Should Try Rabbit Meat

  • Rabbit Meat with it's enormous benefits does not have a strong flavor and is comparable to chicken but not identical.
  • Rabbit meat is white meat, which means it is healthier. it nourishes the body with nutritional values like proteins, iron,phosphorus . It's low-calorie content almost equates it to a balanced meal that meets the optimal health goals