Ashanti Yam Festival
The festival, a national holiday, is observed for five days starting with a Tuesday, as dictated by the local chief priest.[1][2] The festival is also popular because the King supervises the performance of the ablution ceremony by cleaning all the ancestral royal Stools (chairs).During this festival, the King does not permit human sacrifice, nor is the death drum allowed to be beaten as it is an auspicious occasion of purification.[2] Before the start of the festival celebrations, the king inspects the Dampan structure which is erected temporarily to hold the public function.On the second day, the yam is carried by the priests in a colourful procession for offering to the ancestors buried in the burial chambers.