The need to wear white
Making sure you start on a high note means you wear white clothes on the first day of the year. White is our celebratory and good luck colour and the idea is when you start with white clothes, the rest of the year will be full of good luck and celebrations. The churches are therefore full of people in white clothes and even those who do not make it to church, wear white clothes wherever the New Year finds them. them. Elizabeth Ohene Journalist: “If, God forbid, someone should die on New Year's Day, we would try and only release the news a day or two later " Starting on a high note also means you make sure you eat well on New Year's Day. That means people go to great lengths to eat festival and celebratory food. It is fashionable these days for high-end restaurants to lay on special packages to attract people to spend the day with them.Goats and sheep slaughtered
In many households, goats and sheep would have been killed, a few homes would have turkey but chicken, probably, would still be the celebratory meat in most homes. The idea is if you eat well on the first day of the year, there is a great likelihood you would have good food to eat the rest of the year. We take so seriously the belief that what happens on New Year's Day influences the rest of the year that people will hold back from giving you information on New Year's Day if it is deemed to be bad news. If, God forbid, someone should die on New Year's Day, we would try and only release the news a day or two later. You cannot start the year with such bad news. Ghana will hold presidential elections in December, four years after the previous vote The priests and so-called men of God come into their own at this time. Much of the country awaits with bated breath for New Year's Day predictions. And this being an election year in Ghana, we have had priests predicting who will win the presidential elections scheduled for 7 December. Depending on which church you attended, you would have been told which of the two leading candidates, President Nana Akufo-Addo or his predecessor John Mahama, would win.Tucked in bed
Obviously, nothing that will happen between now and 7 December will have the slightest bearing on the elections. I am looking forward to a quiet life, without any of the drama that characterises my life, I abandoned my customary riotous 31 December activities and welcomed the New Year in bed. By the end of the third day of the year, I am afraid I have to conclude that 2020 will be the same as all the others; here am I with a cold, courtesy, I believe of the intense harmattan blanket of sand that has covered the country. A good New Year's Day only lasts for the 24 hours, the year will have surprises, there will be good days and there will be bad days.DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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