The Golden Stool (Ashanti-Twi: Sika dwa; full title, Sika Dwa Kofi "the Golden Stool born on a Friday") is the royal and divine throne of kings of the Asante people and the ultimate symbol of power in Asante. [1] According to legend, Okomfo Anokye, High Priest and one of the two chief founders of the Asante Confederacy, caused the stool to ...

2018年10月21日 · Beginning with Osei Tutu I, the Ashanti have believed that the Golden Stool houses the soul of the Ashanti nation. The Stool, made of gold, stands 18 inches high, 24 inches long, and 12 inches wide. It was never allowed to touch the ground and was considered so sacred that no one was allowed to sit on it.

It took a miracle to bring this golden stool to Earth—and another one to keep it out of British hands. Golden Stool (Sika dwa kofi), c. 1700 (Asante Peoples, Ghana), and Asante weights (Penn Museum).

2020年9月27日 · Golden Stool of the Ashanti Empire. Fair use image via Black Past. Even today, great pride in the Ashanti King lives on in the tradition of the Golden Stool. Being carefully protected, the Golden Stool represents the worship of ancestors, well-being, and the nation of Ashanti. It symbolizes nationhood and contains the Soul of Ashanti (sumsum ...

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2024年5月13日 · The sacred and highest revered seat of the Asante Kingdom, Golden Stool known in the local parlance as ‘Sika Dwa Kofi’ was outdoored on Sunday, May 12, 2024. The rare appearance was to climax the grand durbar of the silver jubilee of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The ceremony was also the Akwasidae festival in the Asante calendar.

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The Golden Stool, also known as Sika Dwa, is a sacred and symbolic object of the Asante (Ashanti) people of Ghana. It holds great significance as a spiritual and political symbol, representing the unity and sovereignty of the Asante kingdom.

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Tradition has it that this stool, covered with pure gold, floated out of the sky and landed on the lap of the first Asantehene (Asante king), Osei-tutu. He unified the people in the 17th...