Category: Culture and Customs
Inside Africa’s Most Mysterious Religion: Voodoo
RELIGION: Zoom sur Sa Majesté Togbé YÉDY
Au delà de sa carrière d’artiste, Sa Majesté Togbé YÉDY, le premier guide spirituel du temple international de Mami dan d’Athiémè, est un tradi-praticien chevronné. Zoom sur les actions phares menées par Sa Majesté Togbé YÉDY, Président communal de la CNCVB-Racine d’Athiémè et Président des six Présidents Communaux du Mono,…
Voodoo dances and rituals wow tourists at Benin festival | Reuters
OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 11 (Reuters) – On Benin’s national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and tourists alike.Over a thousand people gathered in the small Atlantic coast town of Ouidah on Tuesday, once an important port in the slave…
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Germany returns 21 Benin bronzes to Nigeria – amid frustration at Britain | Nigeria | The Guardian
Twenty-one precious artefacts that were looted by British soldiers from the former west African kingdom of Benin 125 years ago have been handed over by Germany to Nigeria amid laughter, tears, and some audible frustration with the ongoing silence of the country that first stole them.The objects from the haul…