Odunkwaa Festival

This is a week long festival which starts on Easter Monday. The festival has two venues: Abakrampa, the seat of the traditional area and Abura Dunkwa, the administrative capital.

Rituals are performed near the state shrine. The festival is characterized by the fencing of the Odum Tree which is regarded as sacred, and believed to have protected the people from attacks during their wars.

The climax is on Saturday with a durbar of chiefs in the area and they converge at the palace to pay homage to the paramount chief whilst drumming and dancing.



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