Akan Religion Festival (Nov. 19th)
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11-09-2005, 01:22 AM
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Akan Religion Festival (Nov. 19th)
I was invited to this and I will love to share with allyuh!! Please read thoroughly and if you have any questions you can contact them through email @: onipaabusia@hotmail.com
You are welcome to our festival on Saturday, November 19, for one of our principle female deities, Nana Esi Ketewa. Nana Esi Ketewa specializes in maintaining peace in our families, and helps with issues of pregnancy, and childbirth. Please contact me with any questions! Abena Anum ********************************************* NY - Akan Religion Festival, Saturday November 19, 2005 ********************************************* Onipa Abusia, an Akan religious and cultural organization, invites you to our festival for the abosum Nana Esi Ketewa. The Akan tradition is the traditional culture and religion of the people of Ghana, West Africa. Nana Esi Ketewa is an ancestral deity from Ghana. Nana Esi Ketewa is a peace maker and is especially known to help women who want to have children. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served following the festival. You may offer gifts (gin, fruit, cloth, money) or make prayers to Nana Esi following the festival. Date -Saturday November 19, 2005 8pm For those outside of NYC, there will be a bus traveling to New York from Washington, DC. Your cash payment of $45.00 dollars will reserve your seat. For further information please contact Okomfo Akua Duku at onipaabusia@hotmail.com or (202) 529-3635. Onipa Abusia 92-15 172nd Street, Jamaica NY between Jamaica and 93rd Avenues Directions - E or J train to Parsons and Archer (last stop) Bus 54 or 56 on Jamaica Ave. to 170th, then walk to 172nd Or 110 on Jamaica (in front of Old Navy) to 172nd F train to 169th - walk down 169th to Jamaica Ave., left to172nd NO pork or cola products permitted. For further information call 718 658-2600 or 718 525 4633 For more info on Onipa Abusia and Akan tradition, visit our website http://www.onipaabusia.org or send an email to onipaabusia@hotmail.com |
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also, here's the website of a dance company started by a very big Akan family here in DC: Dono Dance and Drum Ensemble |
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