Flag of Ashanti with the Golden stool symbol at the center
Observed by
Ashantis of Ashanti
Type
Ashanti festival
Significance
Festival of ancestral rites
Celebrations
Wednesday ceremony
Date
Nine 40 days
Frequency
9 times per year
Awukudae Festival (meaning: "Wednesday ceremony",[1] is a traditional Ashanti festival in Ashanti. Like the Akwasidae Festival, celebrated on a Sunday, Awukudae is part of the celebrations within the Adae Festival cycle. The festivals of Adae are not interchangeable, having been fixed from ancient times.[2]
^"Tours to Ghana to attend traditional festivals". Trans Africa. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012. or "sacred Wednesday")
AwukudaeFestival (meaning: "Wednesday ceremony", is a traditional Ashanti festival in Ashanti. Like the Akwasidae Festival, celebrated on a Sunday, Awukudae...
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decorated palanquins shaded by umbrellas. Adae Festival Adae Kese Festival Akwasidae FestivalAwukudaeFestival Macdonald 2000, p. 207. "Asante History, Culture...
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