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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…

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359ème édition de Situtu: Hounnongan BEHUMBEZA et les membres de l’AAMDB prient pour la paix – YouTube

La 359ème édition de la cérémonie annuelle religieuse et traditionnelle Situtu s’est déroulée le dimanche 18 septembre 2022 à Togbin Daho dans la commune d’Abome-Calavi. En effet, ce rituel est organisé par l’AAMDB, Association des Adeptes de Mami-Dan du Bénin avec sa tête Hounnon BEHUMBEZA, chef spirituel suprême pour faire…

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