Considered a day of rest, it is the most important ancestral custom of the Ashanti people.

Within a six-week cycle, Adae has two celebration days, once on a Sunday (Akwasidae) and again on a Wednesday (Awukudae).

The queen mother then offers a paste of fufu (made of cassava or yam).

Other ceremonial features include the court poet reciting poems which extol the deeds of the past chiefs, and drums are continuously beaten to the accompaniment of horns.

The food and drink offerings to the stool are removed late in the evening, except for the flesh which is allowed to remain there for more time.