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Benin showcases culture with Vodun Days

On the newly-renovated streets of Ouidah, thousands of Beninese and foreign tourists gathered this week to discover the ...
Dawn

Benin showcases culture with voodoo festival

OUIDAH: On the newly-renovated streets of Ouidah, thousands of Beninese and foreign tourists gathered this week ...
Yahoo

In Benin, Voodoo's birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred

PORTO-NOVO, Benin (AP) — For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get ...
NBC Bay Area

Benin's Voodoo believers struggle to protect sacred forests and their perceived spirits

For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get pregnant. Others were ...
The Telegraph

In Benin, Voodoo’s birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred

Gilbert Kakpo, a Voodoo priest, stands by a a sacred tree, who he claims is the protector of women at the Bohouezoun sacred forest in Benin, on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. “Our divinity is the protector ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

In Benin, Voodoo’s birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred

PORTO-NOVO, Benin -- For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get ...