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Charline arm wrestling with a kid in Kumase |
Reed taking it easy with a school kid in Kumase |
Channa learning Adowa dance with Nana Nketia at the Kumase Cultural Center |
Megan and Katie learning Adowa dance at the Kumase Cultural Center |
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Aron and Kevin Richey learning Adowa dance at the Kumase Culture Center |
At the Komfo Anokye sword in Kumase |
Archbishop Nana Akwasi Sarpong giving a lecture on Akan Nubility Rites to the participants |
Participants listen attentively to Archbishop Sarpong's lecture at his residence in Kumase |
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More of the Archbishop's lecture at his residence |
The Archbishop's lecture |
A dinner hosted by the Archbishop at his residence in Kumase |
The Archbishop's Musico-Liturgical group performing for participants after the dinner |
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The Musico-Liturgical group performing a choral song |
A group picture with the Paramount Chief of the Gonja in his palace at Damango in the Northern Region |
Some of the court attendants for the Paramount Chief in Damango |
Toshiko in a pose with an elephant during a hike in Mole Game Reserve in the Northern Region |
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In a wood carvings shop at the Kumase Cultural Center |
Megan posing with all the wood carvings at the Cultural Center in Kumase |
We also visited the wood carving village at Ahwaa near Kumase |
Stool carving at Ahwaa near Kumase |
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A demonstration of how to stamp funeral cloths with Adinkra symbols at Ntonso village |
Katie trying her hand at stamping Adinkra symbols |
It is the turn of Toshiko at stamping Adinkra symbols |
Charline also tried her hand stamping Adinkra symbols at Ntonso village |
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That is Charline again |
We presented gifts to our host after the Adinkra stamping demonstration |
A display by the road side in Ntonso village of Adinkra cloths |
Another display of Adinkra cloths in Ntonso village |