From mystery to history: how Voodoo is helping Africans rediscover their roots
Voodoo is often shrouded in mystery, or demonised. But at the annual Voodoo festival in Benin, tourists are finding out about ...
Benin's mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival
Welcome to the ancient town of Ouidah, in southern Benin, a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion in a clash of cultures ...
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Benin’s Voodoo festival draws tourists and followers
As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the ...
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Benin festival seeks to dispel voodoo stereotypes
Practitioners like Zinsou seek to combat negative stereotypes of voodoo, a 500-year-old religion that celebrates ... town of Grand Popo, said the belief system had nothing to do with witchcraft ...
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Benin’s mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival
a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion in a clash of cultures and the ability for ancient traditional beliefs to ...
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Benin's mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival
a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion in a clash of cultures and the ability for ancient traditional beliefs to adapt ...