Ayaba Collete Dossou, a member of the national Vodun rites committee ... "puts Porto Novo in the spotlight." "The mask festival will enhance Benin's culture and reveal its full value in terms ...

COTONOU, Benin – The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as practitioners from Africa and the Americas gathered on Sunday ...

manager of Benin's Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor's neck at the country's annual voodoo festival, as spectators learn about the reptiles' sacred connection to voodoo ...

Mask festival brings 'buzz and beauty' to Benin's capital Spectators poured ... Source of pride' - Ayaba Collete Dossou, a member of the national Vodun rites committee, said the Porto Novo ...

Benin's government and city authorities ... Source of pride' - Ayaba Collete Dossou, a member of the national Vodun rites committee, said the Porto Novo festival showed "the beauty of our culture ...