Nkyidwo Festival

There are performances of durbar by the traditional leaders and rituals at a place in the Asantemanso forest which was claimed to be the origin of the ancestral Asantes.^[1] The people invoke the gods for blessings, prosperity and protection.^[4]

It is celebrated to mark the appearance of the first seven Asante ancestors who were claimed to have come from a huge hole in the ground, marking the Ashanti origin.^[1][5] It was also claimed it happened on a Monday night and they were followed by a dog and a lion.^[4][6]