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Asantemanso Sacred Forest
Near Esumeja, Bekwai area, Ashanti Region (Pra-Offin basin)
Ghana
Active (Opemso festival)
Single grove
- Location
- Near Esumeja, Bekwai area, Ashanti Region (Pra-Offin basin)
- Coordinates
- ~6.40°N 1.50°W
- Elevation
- Forest zone
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (inhabited since 9th c. CE; traces to ~700 BCE)
- Status
- Active (Opemso festival)
- Deity & Religion
- Aduana/Asante ancestral origin site; Akan traditional religion
- Community & Guardians
- Aduana clan & Asante (Akan)
- Vernacular name
- Ancestral sacred forest
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Sacred ancestral 'cradle' of the Asante; origin myth (leopard, frog, dog); Opemso festival rites
Plant species
Central Ghana forest-zone trees
Biome & fauna
Moist semi-deciduous forest
Threats & protection
Sacred ancestral protection; archaeologically significant (earliest forest-zone settlement)
Source
Asantemanso (Wikipedia); Opemso Festival