We had a good weekend here in Cape Coast. On Saturday we were lucky enough to be invited to a Ghanaian wedding (a friend of Philo’s) and on Sunday we went to a live soccer match – in the pouring rain and complete with intense rivalry and soccer hooligans.
Ghanaian wedding - Philo invited us to this wedding early last week. Nicole and I had just enough time to buy fabric and have outfits made for the occasion. Our outfits didn’t really compare to some of the amazing garments that many people were wearing, but we didn’t look completely out of place. The wedding ceremony was held in a smallish church in town. We were treated to several beautiful songs (everyone seems to be so musically gifted here). Unfortunately for us, a lot of the ceremony way in Fanti but we were able to understand bits and pieces from Philo’s translation. There was a lot of excitement when it was time for the groom to kiss the bride – lots of cheering and laughing. We didn’t stay for any of the later festivities but the actual wedding ceremony was not as different as I had expected.
Soccer game – On Sunday we went to see a live soccer game in the stadium just down the road. The old, open stadium has wide cement stands and encloses a below-average quality field (by Victoria standards). The game was between two of the top four teams in the Ghanaian Premier league. Despite the pouring rain, there was a good turnout for the game. The soccer was entertaining – the pace was good (VERY fast strikers) and their touches were amazing but it was a pretty physical game. A few minor skirmishes occurred between the fans but they were broken up before they developed into large soccer brawls. The field was surrounded by gun-toting policemen who all rushed onto the field to protect the players on the winning team when the final whistle blew. Ghanaians take their soccer pretty seriously.
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