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SILICON TOUR 117 AKWASIDAE FESTIVAL OF ASHANTI (GHANA)
An 8 day, or 15 day tour incorporating the festival will take visitors to places like, Accra & Historical Museums Cape Coast, and Elimina Forts and castles, Busua Pleasure Beach in Takoadi, Akosombo Volta Lake Cruise and the Ashanti of the Kingdom Cultural Villages. A religious Festival- Akwasidae is based on the Ashanti Calendar, which has forty - two days in each month, That is why we have nine months in a 2001 as shown above. The Ashantis' with a very rich culture in Ghana believed in an ancestral worship and so once a month (every 42 days) they like to come into contact with their ancestors. The festival starts on Friday, called Adaefofie. And it is not opened to the public. The next day, Saturday, which is also not opened to the public, is called Memenada Dapaa. The climax, which is Sunday, is open to the public and is called AKWASIDAE. The celebration on these days involves purification of the black ancestral stools in the stool's room at the King's Palace where only a few people are allowed to observe. These stools are hand carved "chairs" for past kings. At the King's death, his stool is blackened and kept in the stool's room. The Sunday climax is a dubar of Chiefs and people of Ashanti where the famous Ashantihene presides. This offers a platform for the various chiefs to THE GOLDEN STOOL. The Golden Stool is the symbol of the Ashanti unity and it is believed that the golden stool contains the spirit of all Ashantis both dead and living. This is an occasion to pay homage to the Ashantihene. Tourists are allowed to pay homage if they wish and they are allowed to shake hands with the Ashantihene (the King) and photographs or video may be taken.
DAY 2 Depart for Kumasi. City Tour of Kumasi. Evening DAY 3 Our group will participate in Akwasidae Festival at the DAY 4 Visit the Ashanti Kingdom craft villages. DAY 5 Depart for Cape Coast. Tour Cape Coast Castles
DAY 7 Boti Waterfalls visit. Nkurakan Market Day Tour.
THURS Mampong Plant & Herbal Medicine Center Aburi
Package Price Per Person = $840 PRICE PER PERSON 4 OR 5 STAR HOTEL SHARING = $756 The above Package includes: The above does not include: |
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Travel & Tours, which covers Ghana and other West African region,
offers AWASIDAE festivals of Ashanti. It is celebrated every 42
days. The festival dates for 2005 are: Feb 4, Mar 18, April 1, May
13, June 24, August 5, September 16, October 28 and December 9 and
the dates For the year 2002 Akwasidae Festival Dates are: January
20, March 3, April 14, May 26, July 7, August 25, October 6 and
November 17.
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