On Benin's national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as ... Voodoo is practised by around 12 per cent of the West African country's population of 13 million people, but the authorities also ...

COTONOU, Benin – The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as practitioners from Africa and the Americas gathered on Sunday ...

A MASKED goblin figure chases two unsuspecting tourists along the busy streets, shrouded in a long multicoloured cloak. A few ...

The small West African nation held the annual festival ... Lyne said her mother’s visit to Benin in 2023 sparked her interest in Voodoo and Benin's cultural heritage. Before her trip, most ...

OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 11 (Reuters) - On Benin's national voodoo holiday ... Voodoo is practiced by around 12% of the West African country's population of 13 million people, but the authorities ...

But for decades the West African nation’s forests have been ... or conflated with witchcraft. In Benin, Voodoo priests say the religion is grounded in positivity, based on tolerance and ...

The small West African nation held the annual festival ... Lyne said her mother’s visit to Benin in 2023 sparked her interest in Voodoo and Benin’s cultural heritage. Before her trip, most ...

In Benin, the birthplace of Voodoo, practitioners of the faith believe the country’s forests are home to the spirits they seek guidance from and pray to. But those woodlands in ...

But for decades the West African nation’s forests have been ... or conflated with witchcraft. In Benin, Voodoo priests say the religion is grounded in positivity, based on tolerance and ...