In Akyem Abuakwa, the Okyeman Council has decided that the celebration of Odwira Kese should be at intervals of 5 or

10 years as the Paramount stool and the Okyeman Council may decide. However, the Okuapimhene and the Amanokromhene, who took the Odwira festival to Akwapim, celebrate it annually in Akwapim with the Okyenhene or his representative attending.

Every year, unless decided by the Okyenhene and the Okyeman Council to celebrate it as "Odwira Kese", the festival is celebrated as an ordinary (Mpaegum) with no fanfare. However, when it is declared as an "Odwira Kese", all the chiefs in Akyem Abuakwa in their respective positions and paraphernalia, including the Okuapimhene and the Amanokromhene, are invited to attend the festival and pay homage to the Paramount Stool at Kyebi.

The term "Odwira" means purification of the state at the end of the Akan calendar year. During the celebration, digging and farming are prohibited. The celebration takes a week with various activities taking place each day, and on the final day, the Okyenhene sits in state to receive homage from his chiefs and people, as well as from firms and organizations in and outside Akyem Abuakwa state.
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