Ghanaians mark holiday with picnicks, beach activities

03-25-08
Spead

GHANAIANS yesterday marked the Easter Monday holiday with recreational events including beach activities and picnics to climax the Easter celebrations.
While a number of churches held picnics, other individuals, including children, thronged the beaches to have fun.
As of 11 am a large number of people had converged on the Dansoman beach. There was open air music, food and drinks to spice up activities on the beach.
Some young men, however, took advantage of the huge patronage of the beach to charge a fee of GH¢1 before allowing people to enter the beach. There were as many as four barriers where the young men stood to collect money.
At the Korle Gonno Beach, a number of people had started arriving with their ice chests packed with assorted drinks, and other food items to enjoy themselves.
The caretaker of the beach, Atta Ayifio, told the Daily Graphic that measures had been put in place to prevent people who came purposely to swim from drowning.
He said some fishermen who were experts in swimming had received training to guide people who would want to swim to avoid drowning.
The churches were not left out either, as members gathered at their various places of worship to engage in fun games, eat and dance to some music.
At the Gethsemane Methodist Church, Mamprobi, members danced to the tune of brass band amidst merrymaking.
The situation at the Holy Trinity Cathedral Church in Accra was also full of joy as both the young and old, including Reverend Ministers of the church, were engaged in drumming, outdoor and indoor games, eating, drinking and dancing.
An elder of the church, Madam Diana Quartey, said Easter Monday was a time that brought together all members of the church to socialise and make new friends.
Members of the Mamprobi Circuit of the Methodist Church converged on the Dr E.A. Allotey-Pappoe School to play ludo, football, tug-of-war, spoon and lime race, table tennis and other games.
The Circuit Steward, Mr Samuel Aryee, told the Daily Graphic that the annual event was to afford them the opportunity to interact, share ideas on the way forward and have fun.
He said it was also to prevent the youth from using the occasion to go out and engage in acts that could affect their development.
Members of the Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Church at Mamprobi also engaged in a number of fun games including football, quiz and ludo.