Welcome to Ohemma Ku (Queen’s Society) Rites of Passage!
Rites of Passage have a central role in socialization. It is the experience of significant change or transition that marks or identifies the movement from one stage of life, circumstances to another; and is usually accompanied by a ceremony that acknowledges that transformation through family and community acceptance. Rites of Passage enable women to both celebrate and cope with the many changes that women face throughout their lives.
The Ohemma Ku Rites of Passage moves women through three major stages of development, attending to spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical shifts that take place within each.
PART 1: Birth through Young Adulthood (6 weeks)
Birth – Woo – Adinto
Puberty – Bra Goro
Young Adult – Abyewa
PART 2: Adulthood through Eldership (6 weeks)
Adulthood – Obaa
Eldership 1 – Obaa Panyin
Eldership 2 – Aberewa
PART 3: On Becoming an Ancestor (1 week)
Awo – Death
Nsamanfo –Ancestors
Nana Nom – Honorable Ancestors
Graduation
Tree of God