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04.12.2010 Diaspora (USA)

The Ashanti's most colorful Akwasidae festival

By PRINCE OSEI BONSU
The Ashanti's most colorful Akwasidae festival
04.12.2010 LISTEN

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.

14.MADAM YAA AMPONSAH PAYING HER ROYALTY TO DAASEBERE ANANE AMPONSAH AT THE AKWASIDIE FESTIVAL WITH A HEALTHY SMILING. 16.NANA MENSAH BONSU, THE ABUAHENE OF NEW YORK ASANTEMAN ASSOCIATION GREETING DAASABERE ANANE AMPONSAH  THE AKWASIDIE'S FESTIV
18.NANA ODURO SENYA RESPECTFULLY IN A HANDSHAKE WITH DAASEBRE ANANE AMPONSAH. 6.THESE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN DRESSED NEATLY IN THE KENTE CLOTH TO GRACE THE OCCATION.
7.NANA ODURO SENYA, NANA OWUSU DETWAH AND NANA KWABENA AMAKYE 1.THE ASANTEFUOHENE OF NEW YORK DAASABERE ANANE AMPONSAH GIVING ADVICE TO THE INVITED GUESTS AT THE AKWASIDIE EVENT.
11. THE ASANTEFUOHEMAAH NANA ABENA MANU AND NANA AMA BEMAH, ASANTEHFUOHEMAAH ABADIAKYRE DANCING KETE  THE AKWASIDIE EVENT 5.THE ASANTEFUOHENE OF NEW YORK, THE OBAAHEMA OF NEW YORK AND HAJIA MANATU DANCING ADOWA.
22.THE DWANETWOAHENE NANA AGYEMAN DUAH PAYING A HOMAGE TO THE ASANTEFUOHENE OF NEW YORK 8.ICE KENKEY THE ACE COMEDIAN DOING WHAT HE KNOWS BEST AT THE AKWASIDIE EVENT.
15.MRS. AGNES AMANKWAAH IN A HANDSHAKE WITH THE ASANTEFUOHENE OF NEW YORK. 13.A MEMBER OF THE GA-ADANGEME WAS THERE TO REPRESENT HIS ASSOCIATION.
10. MANAGING DIRECTOR OF KUWAIT SHIPPING GREETING NANA ANANE AMPONSAH DURING THE AKWASIDIE'S FESTIVAL 17.NANA OSEI SARPONG THE KROTEHENE OF THE ASANTEMAN ASSOCIATION POSED TO THE CAMERA DURING THE AKWASIDIE'S FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK
2. NANANOM AND SOME OF THE ASANTEMAN ASSOCIATION POSED FOR THE CAMERA AT THE GREAT AKWASIDIE FESTIVAL. 4.DAASABERE ANANE AMPONSAH IN A HANDSHAKE WITH ONE OF THE INVITED GUEST.
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