All the same, this is a rich and appealing book. Humankind’s inventiveness in conceptualising the workings of the world emerges with force. Much magic is underpinned by a belief that the everything is ...

BENIN: The banks and delta of the Mono River in Benin are home to mangrove swamps which harbour fish and rare wild birds -- and some are deemed sacred.

Often misrepresented in pop culture, Haitian Vodou is a complex and deeply spiritual African-derived religion that blends ancestral traditions with Catholic influences. This video explores its origins ...

Featuring traditional ceremonies, dance events, and rituals in the form of incantations, adulations and offerings, Voodoo—which has its own pope whose reign dates back to the 1400s—borrows ...

For Constant, art-making is a statement of resistance within the context of Haiti's extreme political and economic ...

Som Pradosh Vrat is a significant Hindu fasting and prayer day dedicated to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati it is observed on the Trayodashi Tithi 13th day of the Shukla Paksha of the lunar ...

Gopalappa tries to guide the group through voodoo rituals and cryptic mantras, but chaos ensues when a single drop of blood triggers a cascade of bizarre, otherworldly events centred on Meenakshi.

The Vodun religion, also spelled “Vodou,” originated in the Kingdom of Dahomey, present-day Benin, Nigeria, Togo and Ghana.