In the birthplace of Voodoo, devotees celebrate their religion with an array of garments and colorful ceremonies that are positively enchanting. Annually, thousands of Voodoo worshipers have been ...

[cnxvideo id=”722279″ placement=”ros”]Thoughts of spells, rituals, and Voodoo dolls often mesmerize people but also invoke feelings of fear. Thanks to ...

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 ...

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 ...

FOLK religions rarely have leaders or articulate their doctrines. And until Max Beauvoir felt its call, voodoo’s main achievement was survival. Hollywood sensationalised it; Christian missionaries out ...

Woman arrives dancing and singing at an Epe Ekpe festival, dressed in a traditional white toga. Statue of a voodoo god in the fetish market in Lome, Togo. Monkey skulls are just a few of the animal ...