Kneeling as she gazes out to sea draped in white cloth and strings of pearls, Simenou Dangnitche has just done the ultimate stage of her annual ritual. just about every January with the past 15 several years, the forty eight-12 months-outdated nearby has joined hundreds taking part in Benin's famed Voodoo festival. Voodoo, regarded regionally as V

Voodoo, known domestically as Vodoun, is really a religion that worships gods and purely natural spirits along with respect for revered ancestors. It originated in the Dahomey kingdom -- existing-day Benin and Togo -- and continues to be greatly practised sometimes together with Christianity in coastal towns like Ouidah, exactly where memorials int