A magical display, during last Saturday's Hogbetsotso festival at Anloga, nearly turned tragic when a bottle of gunpowder exploded on coming into contact with fire, resulting in a deep cut on the right eyebrow of a magician, Issaka Awudu.

Pieces of bottle flew into the crowd of spectators and state dignitaries seated on the dais. The loud explosion sent spectators scurrying for cover in a moment of confusion and fright.

The show, however, resumed a little later when security personnel had ascertained the cause of the explosion and gave the go-ahead for the continuation of the show.

Mr Awudu, who was drenched in blood from his wound, afterwards uprooted a cassava stick bearing three tubers of cassava, which he had planted on the festival grounds a few minutes before the explosion.

The Police rushed him to the Keta Hospital. The Police have meanwhile collected pieces of the broken bottle for further investigation.