Its main attraction is dozens of groups of people or teams dressing in wild outfits who display their skills and arts via dance.

[3] The various masquerades groups come together in the township of Takoradi to display their skills, culture and other arts to the general public through dancing and singing of various songs using brass band.

[5][6] It is believed that the first fancy club set up was the Ankos Fancy Club The Year of Return was to mark the return of black people from the diaspora to meet and learn about Ghanaian culture and partake in local traditions and so forth.

The song 'Made in Tadi' by Ghanaian highlife artiste, Kofi Kinaata is regarded by many as the anthem for this period.

Born and bred in Effiakuma, one of the suburbs of Takoradi and home to some indigenes of the area, the song gives a beautiful trajectory of this event (that has grown to become a festival) and how things pan out during that period.