| Popular drinks include palm wine, made from the fermented sap of the oil palm, and home-brewed millet beer. |
| A typical drink is palm wine, fermented sap tapped from coconut palm fronds. |
| Traditionally palm wine was produced in the south, while millet beer was brewed and consumed by the northern peoples. |
| Many families will serve one of several local alcoholic beverages such as palm wine, grain alcohol, rum, or beer. |
| When the guests had sat down and been given a drink of palm wine, the ceremony began. |
| Local bars in some towns and villages will also sell poyo the sweet, lightly fermented palm wine tapped from the high tops of palm trees. |
