Editing Winneba (section)

== Festivals ==
{{Main|Fancy Dress Festival}}
'''Masquerade''' festival, popularly known as fancy dress, is held every new year among the people of Winneba. Its attracts a large number of tourists from around the world. It is the second most popular festival in Winneba. The festival is held in a football park at the North campus of the University of Education, Winneba by the five main masquerade groups. They come together and compete amongst themselves to select the winner for the trophy. These groups consist of Nobles as number one, Egya as number two, Tumus as number three and [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]]  as number four and Royals as number 5.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Masquerade Festival at Winneba - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/masquerade-festival-at-winneba/ |access-date=2021-04-29 |website=MyJoyOnline. |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Main|Aboakyer festival}}
'''''Aboakyer''' festival'' is a [[Harnessed bushbuck|bushbuck]] hunting festival celebrated by the people of Winneba in the [[Central Region, Ghana|Central Region]] of [[Ghana]]. The name ''Aboakyer'' translates as 'hunting for game or animal in Fante dialect as spoken by the people of the Central region. The institution of the festival was to commemorate the migration of the ''Simpafo'' (the aboriginal name of the people of Winneba).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aboakyer Festival |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/tourism/aboakyer.php |access-date=2021-04-29 |website=GhanaWeb.}}</ref>

The Aboakyer Festival is being celebrated by the people of Effutu, who were among the earliest settlers of Ghana, for an uncountable number of years. It sprang up when the Effutu people departed from Western Sudan and journeyed to the present town of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. They came with their god, known as Penkye Otu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aboakyer Festival |url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Aboakyer+Festival |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=TheFreeDictionary.}}</ref>