The Voodoo festival has become a real tourist magnet, attracting visitors from the continent and beyond every year.

On the newly-renovated streets of Ouidah, thousands of Beninese and foreign tourists gathered this week to discover the ...

The Vodun Days are a major cultural event held in Benin to celebrate, promote, and raise awareness of vodun, an ancestral religion deeply rooted in the country’s history and identity. Launched by the ...

Ouidah in Benin hosted thousands of visitors on Friday for the 2025 Voodoo Festival. The annual festival featured traditional ceremonies, dances, and rituals that offer deep insights into the ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — As children dance with great speed and energy in colorful robes, guided by the drumbeats and chants from ...

The Vodun Days celebrations, a three-day annual event honouring Benin's spiritual and cultural heritage are taking place in ...

Earlier this month, the second edition of the annual Vodun Days celebration took place in Ouidah, Benin. The three-day festival, which took place on January 9, 10 and 11, celebrated Beninese art, ...

- 'Secrets' - "Without women both out there in the foreground and behind the scenes there would be no Vodun Days, nor voodoo. They are essential pillars" of the festivities, Dah Adoko Gbediga, ...

An initiate Kokou, a traditional warrior deity, covers herself with a mixture of red vegetable oil mixed with corn flour as festivities get under way - Copyright AFP ...