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The Four Akan Sacred Days

  • Fodwo
  • Awukudae
  • Fofie
  • Akwasidae

Within the Adaduanan (42-day cycle of the Akan Calendar) are found four special days, collectively called dabɔne (sacred days); Fɔdwo, Awukudae, Fofie and Akwasidae.

The 42-day cycle may be thought to begin on Fɔdwo and the other three dabɔne follow in nine-day intervals; Awukudae on the tenth day, Fofie on the nineteenth day, and

Akwasidae on the twenty-eighth day. It takes a further 14 days to complete the Adaduanan.