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Figurative palanquin
A figurative palanquin connected with the totem of its owner is a special kind of litter used in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. These palanquins called in the Ga language ''okadi akpakai'' belong to the royal insignias and are used only by the Ga kings or ''mantsemei'' and their sub-chiefs when they are carried in public at durbars and festivals like ''Homowo''. With these figurative palanquins the Ga create ethnic differences between themselves and their Akan neighbours that only use simple boat- or chair-shaped litters.〔Regula Tschumi: ''The Figurative Palanquins of the Ga. History and Significance.'' In: ''African Arts'', 46 (4), 2013, p. 60-73.〕
== Significance of the figurative palanquins==
A Ga chief whose clan uses the lion as a totem must therefore use a litter in the form of a lion. The totems and family symbols of the Ga represent animals, plants or objects. All of them are associated with the history of the clan and his ancestors. When a chief is carried in such a figurative palanquin, using his totem symbol ensures protection by the spirits and the ancestors which are connected with the respective symbol. At the same time the totems magical powers are transferred to the chief who is sitting in the figurative palanquin. In contrast to the conventional boat- or chair-shaped Akan litters, the figurative palanquins of the Ga also function as a mark of distinction between themselves and their Akan neighbours, and it creates differences between the different Ga clans.〔Regula Tschumi: ''The Figurative Palanquins of the Ga. History and Significance.'' In: ''African Arts'', 46 (4), 2013, p. 61–62.〕
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