Ouidah in Benin hosted thousands of visitors on Friday for the 2025 Voodoo Festival. The annual festival featured traditional ...

In the ancient town of Ouidah, located in southern Benin, the annual Voodoo Festival unfolds with a vibrant mix of dance, ...

The festival gained popularity over the years from within and outside Africa, organizers say, and attracts thousands of ...

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Modeste Zinsou, manager of Benin's Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor's neck at the country's annual ...

Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin, offers a vibrant spectacle featuring voodoo rituals, ceremonies, and performances. Practitioners emphasize voodoo's spiritual essence, dispelling misconceptions about ...

Clad in white and pink, Deborah Bossou, 25, blends vibrant song with dance as she immerses herself with fellow practitioners ...

Voodoo, practiced in Haiti since the late 18th Century, is now recognized as a religion on a par with other faiths in the country. That means voodoo ceremonies have equal standing with Christian ones.

The premise of the pending appeal is to re-evaluate the so-called “essential religious practice test”, a contentious doctrine evolved by the court to protect only those religious practices that are ...

A child poses for pictures on a platform as bubbles are sprayed at them near a lit up Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah Menorah. AFP via Getty Images For the first time in 15 years ...

The victims were suspected of involvement in voodoo and accused by a gang leader ... his son’s illness was caused by followers of the religion. “On the evening of December 6, (Micanor Altes ...

Voodoo was brought to Haiti by African slaves and is a mainstay of the country's culture. It was banned during French colonial rule and only recognized as an official religion by the Haitian ...