Benin celebrates Vodun to reclaim cultural identity

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Benin celebrates Vodun to reclaim cultural identity

Over in Benin the country is celebrating three days of Vodun as a way to reclaim the country's cultural identity

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Dressed in white and pink, 25-year-old Deborah Bossou sings and dances with other devotees in the Sakpata Zoungbodji convent in Ouidah, in the south...

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Former Beninese President Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo, initiator of January 10, was warmly received in Ouidah during the Vodun Days 2025 celebrations. Despite the emotion linked to the deadly attack in Banikoara on January 8, he was warmly welcomed by a government delegation led by Minister of State Abdoulaye Bio Tchané. Soglo, deeply touched […]

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Benin’s women, pillars of voodoo celebrations

Clad in white and pink, Deborah Bossou, 25, blends vibrant song with dance as she immerses herself with fellow practitioners in Vodun, traditional voodoo celebrations in Benin. This weekend brought the traditional Vodun Days annual festival encompassing arts, culture and voodoo spirituality to the southern town of Ouidah, centre on the Sakpata Zoungbodji religious convent.