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Homowo慶典上，正在舞台上表演的舞者尼克森(Tanya
Nicholson)及阿姆(Otu
Amoo) ，1998年8月21日
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奧勒崗波特蘭(Portland)的Homowo感恩節慶典
地方性遺產
對美國人來說，感恩節(Thanksgiving
Day)是一個對身旁所有事物(包括食物)表達感謝的節日。但在非洲的迦納(Ghana)，當地人們有他們自己的感恩節，叫做Homowo。
很久以前，當嗄人(Ga)穿越非洲抵達非洲大陸的西海岸時，他們遭遇了許多艱難，如：極度飢餓。
這趟旅程耗時多年，但他們互相幫助，一起渡過艱困的時期並存活在現在的迦納國。
定居並獲得豐收後，他們擁有所有所需的食物。
因此他們舉辦了一個名為Homowo的收割慶祝活動，藉以重演他們旅程中所經歷的飢餓。
Homowo在迦納語中的意義是「轟趕、嘲弄飢餓」。
就像是迦納的嗄人所舉行的歡慶慶典，奧勒崗波特蘭的Homowo慶典是一個代表款待及感恩的收割節日。
人們藉由這項始於1989年的慶典來分享非洲傳統並將此傳統傳承給新世代。
慶典內有許多充滿喜悅的舞蹈及歌唱，當然還包括了大量的食物！
For Americans, Thanksgiving Day is a holiday when we give thanks for all our blessings, including food. In Ghana, Africa, people also have their own type of Thanksgiving, called Homowo.
Long ago, when the Ga people were traveling across Africa to reach the continent's western coast, they experienced many hardships, including great hunger. They traveled for many years, but they helped each other through difficult times and survived to settle in what is now known as the country of Ghana. After they settled and their harvests were plentiful, they had all the food they needed. They held a harvest festival, called Homowo, that mocked the hunger that they had suffered during their journey. The word homowo can mean "hooting or jeering at hunger" in the Ghanian language.
The Homowo festival in Portland, Oregon, is a harvest holiday of welcoming and thanksgiving, like the one celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana. The festival began in 1989 as a way for people to share the traditions of Africa and pass them on to new generations. There is a lot of joyful dancing and singing and, of course, lots of food!
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