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General News of Sunday, April 21, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-21
More than 40 foreign dignitaries should also invade the Manhyia Palace on the occasion of the event.
The capital of the Ashanti region, Kumasi, is rich in culture, while the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II celebrates the Akwasidaekese on the occasion of its 20th anniversary on the gold stool.
The main roads and main streets of the metropolis were blocked as local and foreign dignitaries attended the ceremony at the Manhyia Palace with increased security.
There are drumming and dancing among musketeers as Asante 's sous – chefs arrive with their subjects on the site of the event.
The king, in all his royalty and his elegance, will ascend to a palanquin of the palace at Dwabrem amidst musket fire.
President Akufo-Addo and the three current presidents, Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor, and John Dramani Mahama, should welcome the occasion.
More than 40 foreign dignitaries are also expected to visit the Manhyia Palace for the commemoration that will mark the culmination of Asantehene, the ruler of the Ashanti Kingdom.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II climbed the gold stool as 16th Asantehene on April 26, 1999 and has since headed the five presidents of the kingdom under the Republican's fourth Republican constitution.
According to the Asante calendar, Akwasidae are celebrated nine times in an interval of 40 days a year, but Akwasidaekese are marked every five years.
The three-month celebration of the 20th anniversary will culminate on May 12 with a golf competition at the Royal Kumasi Golf Club.
Some participants, mainly foreigners who spoke to Citi News, said they came to testify to Asante's rich culture.
"I come from Holland, I traveled because of the 20th anniversary of the royal king. Today is amazing and colorful because the celebration is something I have never seen before. "
"Someone invited me; So I came here for the first time to discover asante culture, "said another.
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