Ouidah hosts Vodun Days, a three-day festival of dancing, mask parades and traditional ceremonies as voodoo becomes a tourist draw
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Seen here at last year's Vodun Days a proponent of Voodoo rites makes offerings to aquatic deity Mami Wata
A costumed Egungun figure, revering ancestors, dances during festivities last January in Ouidah
On the newly-renovated streets of Ouidah, thousands of Beninese and foreign tourists gathered this week to discover the rituals and deities bound up with voodoo, a popular animist tradition which has grown to become the focus of a international festival.
Pope Leo XIV was elected part way through the 2025 Jubilee Year, after his predecessor Francis died.
Pope Leo XIV was elected part way through the 2025 Jubilee Year, after his predecessor Francis died.
The 2025 Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations drew over 33 million pilgrims to Rome, the Vatican said Monday, as the last of the faithful passed through the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica.