Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

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After exploring Kumasi, I took a day trip out to the Asante traditional shrine at Ejisu-Besease. It took awhile to persuade the taxi driver that the place really exists but, after interrogating a few passersby on the way, and following my intuition we managed to find it.

Signs for Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Entrance to Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Description of Asante, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Asante Warriors at a Durbar in Kumasi, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Description of Asante Traditional Buildings, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Asante Priest in Front of Late 19th Century Shrine, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Asante Traditional Shrine Design, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Asante Traditional Shrine Design of Crocodile Eating Serpent, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Asante Traditional Shrine Design of Serpent Eating Human, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Asante Traditional Shrine Design Incorporating Birds, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Asante Traditional Shrine Design Incorporating Chevron Pattern, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Asante Traditional Mortar and Pestle, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Asante Traditional Shrine Design of Serpent Eating Human, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Asante Architecture Description, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photographs of Asante Royal Palace and Building, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Drawing of Main Street in Kumasi at First British Delegation in 1817, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Old Halls of Justice, Prempeh Palace in 1896, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Mausoleum of Asante Kings Burnt by British Soldiers, Bantama, Kumasi, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Drums at Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Asante Traditional Shrine Design, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Asante Traditional Religion Description, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Okomfo Sitting in Shrine Room at Adarko-Jachie, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Okomfo Performing With Drums in State of Possession Called Akom at Adarko-Jachie, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Attendant Throwing White Clay to Expel Bad Spirits From Performing Okomfo, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Women Singing Around Performing Okomfo, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Blood Sacrifice at Traditional Ceremony, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Statue of Past Okomfos of Patakro Shrine, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Deteriorated Kenyansi Shrine Around 1953, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Deteriorated Front Wall of Abirim Shrine Around 1953, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Preparing Palm Leaf Thatch at Besease, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Description of Asante Shine Houses, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Nineteenth Century Shrine House, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of a Priestess in Front of the Only Remaining Two-Story Shrine House at Abirim With Nyame Dua Tree of God Altar, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Bodwase Shrine House With Suman Charm Hanging in Dooryway of Shrine Room, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Courtyard of Bodwase Shrine From Shrine Room With Ceremonial Objects on Raised Platform to the Left, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Priest Seated in Shrine Room at Adwinase Shrine House With Obosom Shrine Covered by Cloth on Raised Platform, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Shrine House in Village Near Kumasi, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Plinth Decorations at Patakro Shrine Including Sankofa Birds Picking Their Backs Meaning Go Back and Fetch It or Learn From Your Past, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Design Depicting Two Birds at Besease Shrine, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Selection of Adinkra Symbols of Dwannimmen Ram Horn, Nyinkyim Changing Oneself, Gye Nyame Omnipotence of God, Sankofa Learn From Your Past, Gyawu Atiko Bantamahene Hairstyle, and Nyamedua God Tree Courtyard Altar, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Adinkra Cloth and Asante Stool With Gye Nyame Symbol, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Decoration Showing Snake Biting a Bird, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Dwanimen Ram Horn Symbol on Plinth Meaning It Is the Heart Not the Horns That Leads a Ram to Bully, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Motif of Crocodile With Mudfish in Its Jaws, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Plinth Decorations at Saman, One Showing Priest Beating a Gong Gong or Bell Usually Meant to Summon People to a Ceremony, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Elaborately Decorated Outer Wall on Adwinase Shrine House Including Crocodile With Mudfish in Jaws and Realistic Fertility Figures, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Caretaker Wearing Traditional Raffia Skirt, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Ceremonial Dishes in Shrine Room, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Ceremonial Stools in Shrine Room, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Drums at Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Drums at Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Drums at Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Construction Methods Description, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Diagram of Pillar Construction, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Cane Strips Used to Construct Decorations in Shrine, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Description of Decorations, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Front Wall of Shrine Room at Adarko-Jachie With Bas Relief Nyinkyim Changing Oneself Design, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Open-Work Screen Wall at Adarko-Jachie Shrine, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Photograph of Wall Decoration at Adwinase Shrine Including Bottom Left Adinkra Snake Climbing Raffia Palm Meaning Doing the Expected and on Lower Right the Bat, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Upper Wall Decoration at Adwinase Shrine, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Photograph of Upper Wall Decoration at Adwinase Shrine, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Drawing Showing Front Wall Designs at Kenyasi Shrine Room, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Drawing Showing Artistically Crafted Panel Doors, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Tree Grove in Courtyard, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

Ceramic Pots in Tree Grove in Courtyard, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Live Turtle and Turtle Ancestor Shells Inhabiting Tree Grove in Courtyard, Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana Exterior View of Asante Traditional Shrine at Ejisu-Besease, Ghana

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