The Nkyidwo Festival is celebrate either in the Last Monday in November or the 1st Monday in December by the people of Essumeja in the Bekwai District.

Some of the activities that mark the celebration of this festival includes the performance of rituals and durbar of traditional leaders at a site in the Asantemanso forest, known to be the ancestral origin of the Asantes.

This festival Marks the emergence of the first seven Asante ancestors from a huge hole in the ground, marking the origin of theAshantis.