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Lante Djan We

Ga · Ga, Asere quarter, Ga Mashie · Kinship/lineage

A family house (we) of the Asere quarter of Accra. Field (1940) places the Dantu wulɔmɔ, who announces the annual festivals, in this house. Press reports describe Lante Djan We as custodian of the Ga State Homowo calendar, its rites preceding those of the seven quarters of Ga Mashie.

Lante Djan We's rites mark the start of the Homowo calendar in Ga Mashie.

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