{"id":817,"date":"2023-01-02T19:20:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T19:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/02\/western-region-minister-displays-legwork-during-takoradi-masquerade-carnival\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T19:20:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T19:20:50","slug":"western-region-minister-displays-legwork-during-takoradi-masquerade-carni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/02\/western-region-minister-displays-legwork-during-takoradi-masquerade-carni\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Region Minister displays legwork during Takoradi Masquerade Carni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-12-27-at-15.26.28-1024x576.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the brass band performed, Mr Darko-Mensah could not help but join other masqueraders to display his legwork<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The Takoradi Masquerade Carni is one of the highlights of Christmas festivities in the Western Region.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people throng the major streets of the region\u2019s capital adorned in their fanciful masquerade attires ready to jam with brass band music.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition was no different. As anticipated, many individuals from far and near participated in the carni tradition, and among the many celebrants was the Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah.<\/p>\n<p>Born and bred in Takoradi, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has always taken part in the colourful event.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the Western Regional minister, honourable Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah dancing to some music from the band at the just ended WEST SIDE CARNIVAL.<br \/>He told me in an interview he started dancing and coming out as masquerade when he was 5years old and he&#8217;s loved every bit of it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jS1fe5eArU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/jS1fe5eArU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KMJ \u2013 God&#8217;s Humour On Earth \ud83c\udfa4\ud83e\udd85 (@KMJonAIR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMJonAIR\/status\/1607749710751698946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But this year, as the brass band played their variety music, Mr Darko-Mensah could not help but join the masqueraders to display some good legwork.<\/p>\n<p>In his carni attire which has \u2018Hon Kobby\u2019 inscribed in it, the Minister\u2019s dance earned him accolades from spectators around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n));\/**\/<\/script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the brass band performed, Mr Darko-Mensah could not help but join other masqueraders to display his legwork The Takoradi Masquerade Carni is one of the highlights of Christmas festivities in the Western Region. 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