[ 2017-01-16 ]

Ashanti Region gears up for 4-day funeral rite of revered queen
The final funeral rites of the longest-serving
queen of the Ashanti Kingdom, Nana Afia Serwaa
Kobi Ampem, has commenced at the Manhyia Palace,
Monday.

The 4-day ceremony which started at midnight on
Sunday includes the performance of a number of
rituals at the Manhyia Palace, the seat of the
Asantehene, before her interment on Thursday.

The queen's body is expected to lie in state at
the Manhyia Palace until burial on Thursday.

Today, Monday, January 16, all the Chiefs in the
Asante Kingdom will file past the body of the
queen to pay their last respect until 11 am.

After 11 am, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will file past
his mother's body after which he will receive
commiserations from sympathisers. 
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Kings and Chiefs outside
the Asante Kingdom are expected to file past the
body of the queen.

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, the former
Presidents, Ministers, Government officials and
other dignitaries are also scheduled to file past
the queen's body on Tuesday.


Dignitaries from Swaziland, Seychelles, Là Cote
D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and other countries are
also expected to file past the queen on
Wednesday.
At 11:00 am on Thursday, the queen’s body will
be taken to St. Cyprians Anglican Church for a
Burial Mass.

Only accredited person will be allowed in the
Church Auditorium.
A giant screen mounted at Jubilee Park will
display events at the church auditorium for the
general public.

After the church ceremony, the queen's body will
be marched through designated streets to Bantama
for a wreath-laying ceremony.

The body will then be taken to Breman for burial.

Meanwhile, the Manhyia Palace has directed
inhabitants of Kumasi and its environs to stay
indoors especially on the night of Wednesday and
the early hours of Thursday.

However, a statement signed by the Asantehene’s
Chief of Staff, Kofi Badu, utility and essential
service providers – the Electricity Company of
Ghana, the Ghana Water Company and personnel of
the Ghana National Fire Service – are exempt.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s mother passed away at her
palace in November last year.

She passed away at the age of 111 years.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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