Wa, April 10, GNA - The Christian Community in Wa on Monday cooled off with a flurry of out door entertainment activities to round off Easter that marks the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. By 0800 hours the grounds of the Wa Municipal Assembly Model Primary and Junior Secondary schools were filled to capacity by revellers.

Various ethnic groups entertained the crowd with traditional drumming and dancing deep into the night and some of the revellers engaged in frenzied bouts of alcohol consumption. Traders did brisk business selling alcoholic beverages like pito as one could see pito pots resting on every available space as their contents had been emptied while canned drinks, water, roasted meat and the fast food joints were heavily patronized. Madam Abiba Issah, an ice cream seller, said what she earned at the picnic was more than her total weekly sales and that as a Muslim she believed in Jesus and therefore there was nothing wrong in celebrating with them.

A roasted meat seller who gave his name as only James said, "people should not think that we only come here to come and drink and buzz. We are here to make money. Look the day is still young but the meat is all finished".

People the Ghana News Agency said the Easter picnic in Wa, a recent innovation that is slowly developing into a carnival, is an event worth saving some money towards each year. The carnival atmosphere was however marred by minor scuffles here and there as some young revellers engaged in fisticuffs over every little misunderstanding but the police were around to make sure that such incidents did not lead to a breach of the peace. 10 April 07