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 ...

Welcome to the ancient town of Ouidah, in southern Benin, a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion in a clash of ...

COTONOU, BENIN – Delegates from the North Dakota National traveled to Cotonou, Benin, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the State Partnership Program between the state of North Dakota and the ...

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 ...

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 ...