Adae Kese Festival
Adae Kese Festival ("big resting place") is a celebration of the Ashanti. It glorifies the achievements of the Asante kingdom. It is also the occasion when the purification ceremony of Odwira is performed at the burial shrines of ancestral spirits. Generally, this coincides with the harvest season of yam and hence the ritual was also called the "Yam custom" by Europeans.
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Adae Kese Festival
Adae Kese Festival ("big resting place") is a celebration of the Ashanti. It glorifies the achievements of the Asante kingdom. It is also the occasion when the purification ceremony of Odwira is performed at the burial shrines of ancestral spirits. Generally, this coincides with the harvest season of yam and hence the ritual was also called the "Yam custom" by Europeans.
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Adae Kese Festival ("big resti ...... the "Yam custom" by Europeans.
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Festival establishing link and ...... ing and the ancestral spirits.
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The Asante Golden Stool is displayed during the Adae Kese Festival.
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Annually; the 9th Adae Festival in an Akan calendar year
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Adae Kese Festival ("big resti ...... the "Yam custom" by Europeans.
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