OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from dance troupes, the gods and spirits that are evident all around the arena ...

OUIDAH, Benin (Reuters) - On Benin's national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and tourists ...

Thousands of people gathered in Porto-Novo for the third annual Benin Mask Festival, where performers in elaborate wooden masks and colourful costumes danced through the streets to the beat of drums.

Some of the rituals of Benin's Voodoo followers took place at the Dah-Gbo Zonon convent in Ouidah AFP Every year in Benin, locals celebrate a festival in tribute to the deities of Voodoo, the ...

OUIDAH, Benin – The deified residents of the Temple of Pythons, when released to find food, sometimes slither across the road into a Catholic church that once hosted Pope Benedict XVI. The local ...

Benin continues its annual celebrations of indigenous religions, known in French (the country's official language) as the ‘fête nationale du vodoun’ (‘National Vodun Festival’), but has decided to ...

Benin’s mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — The festival gained popularity over the years from within and outside Africa, organizers ...

Devotees perform as they take part in the annual celebration of Voodoo festival in Cotonou, Benin January 10, 2023. Reuters On Benin's national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the ...