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 ...

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 venue needs to raise £300,000 by the end of March to stay open seven days a week. The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, described as humanity's biggest gathering, begins in India's Prayagraj ...

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 ...

Now, more than 50 tribes and 400,000 people practice it. In general, the peyotist doctrine espouses belief in one supreme God who deals with humans through various spirits that then carry prayers to ...

Discover the spiritual and medicinal significance of Tulsi Pujan Diwas, celebrated annually to honor the sacred Tulsi plant and its timeless connection to divinity and wellness. Tulsi Mata is revered ...

Pope Francis opened the first of five Holy Doors, signifying spiritual portals, on Christmas Eve as part of ancient rituals that launched the Roman Catholic Church’s holy year. In a jubilee ritual ...