To my dedicated readers: I deeply apologize for the delay in posts. But when you have only 10 months to spend in one country and you’re having the time of your life…you wouldn’t want to be online either!
Eid in Ghana:
Eid, a Muslim holiday where each family has to sacrifice an animal in order to honor Abraham in his willingness to sacrifice his son. Depending on the country or area, people sacrifice different animals. Here in Ghana my family sacrificed a sheep, but like as in the picture shown here, some families sacrificed cows.
The day before Eid I was really excited to experience something that is not practiced publicly back in the United States. However as the day of Eid came I started to really dread it. I respect the reasoning behind why they must sacrifice an animal but I found it to be extremely hard to walk by so many homes with the corpses of the sacrificed animals being cut a part and blood running down the gutters. So hard in fact, that I couldn’t even watch the actual sacrificing ceremony.
I considered becoming a vegetarian until my mom made fufu with our sacrificed sheep meat. It was very good.
Also in the pictures above we went to my school and did prayers for Eid. It was beautiful seeing everyone in the traditional Muslim wear.
The day before Eid I was really excited to experience something that is not practiced publicly back in the United States. However as the day of Eid came I started to really dread it. I respect the reasoning behind why they must sacrifice an animal but I found it to be extremely hard to walk by so many homes with the corpses of the sacrificed animals being cut a part and blood running down the gutters. So hard in fact, that I couldn’t even watch the actual sacrificing ceremony.
I considered becoming a vegetarian until my mom made fufu with our sacrificed sheep meat. It was very good.
Also in the pictures above we went to my school and did prayers for Eid. It was beautiful seeing everyone in the traditional Muslim wear.
Boti Falls:
(sorry for the awkward position of the photos, I can’t change it)!
School trips are the best. I’ve joined a group at my school known as AMSAG, which is one of the Muslim groups’ club. I love going on trips with them because there are always songs being sung, laughter filling every seat and prayers, which I enjoy greatly. Recently, I went on a trip to Boti Falls and it was one of the most beautiful waterfalls I’ve ever seen. Not to mention the air was extremely cool around the waterfalls which was really refreshing since Ghana seems to only get more hot with each passing month.
School trips are the best. I’ve joined a group at my school known as AMSAG, which is one of the Muslim groups’ club. I love going on trips with them because there are always songs being sung, laughter filling every seat and prayers, which I enjoy greatly. Recently, I went on a trip to Boti Falls and it was one of the most beautiful waterfalls I’ve ever seen. Not to mention the air was extremely cool around the waterfalls which was really refreshing since Ghana seems to only get more hot with each passing month.
Birthday in Ghana!
Birthdays here in Ghana are pretty much non-existent once you reach a certain age (6, but it differs with each family), so I wasn’t expecting much when my birthday rolled around. My mum kept telling me we would do something small for it, little did I know she had planned a whole surprise party for me. I came home from school (barely escaping their tradition of soaking someone with water at closing), and our entire house was decorated, there was a cake and some ‘expensive’ drinks on the table and when I walked into my room, my bed was decorated with gifts from everyone in my family and a couple of my neighbors. Needless to say, I had a wonderful birthday and not to mention, I have the best host family.
Until next time, keep cool and consider Ghana!