African Ceremonies: photography by Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher

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Ashanti Chief Sword Bearer

Preceding the Asantehene in the procession is the Chief Sword Bearer, whose duty is to absorb evil intentions directed toward the monarch. He wears an eagle feather headdress featuring a pair of gilt ramâs horns.

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