Benin's Ouidah has celebrated its annual Voodoo Festival which has made the town a mecca for Voodoo worshippers as well as a ...

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

9, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Voodoo worshippers dance during the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) A tour guide, right, explained to Jaimie ...

Tourists gather to admire dozens of voodoo practitioners who go into a trance to incarnate Thron Kpeto Deka, a divine presence representing perfect happiness and riches. Others dance to the ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AFP) — Clad in white and pink, Deborah Bossou, 25, blends vibrant song with dance as she immerses herself with fellow practitioners in Vodun, traditional voodoo celebrations in Benin.

Clad in white and pink, Deborah Bossou, 25, blends vibrant song with dance as she immerses herself with fellow practitioners in Vodun, traditional voodoo celebrations in Benin. This weekend ...