The Ashanti's most colorful Akwasidae festival

The Ashanti's with a very rich culture in Ghana celebrate one of the most colorful festivals being the Akwasidae festival. The celebration marks a period of stock taking and fervent assessment of events in the life of the Ashanti's.

It serves as a period to propitiate the ancestors through whom the Ashanti Unity gains its grounds.

Dasebere Anane Amponsah paid tribute to His Majesty the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for his developmental oriented agenda and his fatherly advice to the Ghanaians in the diaspora that "Let God fearing ,Love , Unity and hard working be your focused.

As part of activities rounding up the year the Ashanti community in New York under the leadership of Daasebere Anane Amponsah celebrated this festival which brought together Ashanti's from various parts of the East Coast in a very colorful ceremony.

Clad in beautiful kente clothing with ornaments and golden regalia to match Nana Anane Amponsah advised the Ghanaians to be law abiding and respect the laws of their various areas of domicile.

22.THE DWANETWOAHENE NANA AGYEMAN DUAH PAYING A HOMAGE TO THE ASANTEFUOHENE OF NEW YORK

17.NANA OSEI SARPONG THE KROTEHENE OF THE ASANTEMAN ASSOCIATION POSED TO THE CAMERA DURING THE AKWASIDIE'S FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK

4.DAASABERE ANANE AMPONSAH IN A HANDSHAKE WITH ONE OF THE INVITED GUEST.

20.NANA OSEI TUTU, THE AKYEMPIMHENE OF THE ASANTEMAN ASSOCIATION-NEW YORK IN A HANDSHAKE WITH DAASABRE ANANE AMPONSAH.

10. MANAGING DIRECTOR OF KUWAIT SHIPPING GREETING NANA ANANE AMPONSAH DURING THE AKWASIDIE'S FESTIVAL

14.MADAM YAA AMPONSAH PAYING HER ROYALTY TO DAASEBERE ANANE AMPONSAH AT THE AKWASIDIE FESTIVAL WITH A HEALTHY SMILING.

7.NANA ODURO SENYA, NANA OWUSU DETWAH AND NANA KWABENA AMAKYE

11. THE ASANTEFUOHEMAAH NANA ABENA MANU AND NANA AMA BEMAH, ASANTEHFUOHEMAAH ABADIAKYRE DANCING KETE @ THE AKWASIDIE EVENT

6.THESE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN DRESSED NEATLY IN THE KENTE CLOTH TO GRACE THE OCCATION.

16.NANA MENSAH BONSU, THE ABUAHENE OF NEW YORK ASANTEMAN ASSOCIATION GREETING DAASABERE ANANE AMPONSAH @ THE AKWASIDIE'S FESTIV