Accra - the Ga People's Annual Ban On Noise Restores a Spiritual Connection With the Sea TC_Africa: Ghana
. Its active nightlife, commercial markets and factories create a deafening mix of sound trails day and night. These synthetic sounds have practically drowned out the natural everyday sounds of Accra. And the most important of these is the steady drone sound of the sea, now usually subdued to a mere background hush.
Once every year, between May and September, the Ga impose a ritual ban on noise-making and funeral rites in Ga towns for a period of one month so as to commemorate their annual harvest festival known as Hɔmɔwɔ . By activating the ban, Ga towns enforce the suspension of, particularly those blaring from radios, public address systems, automobiles, churches, mosques, megaphones and factories.
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