adepts of the python temple can be recognized by the facial scarification
Benin, West Africa.
Allada.
January, 9th marks the start of the annual voodoo festival in Benin.
ALLADA FESTIVAL VIDEO ON YOU TUBE
His highness Kpodegbe Toyi Djgla invites you to the annual Voodoo Festival Allada, held on the 9th of January at Allada royal palace, Benin.
Voodoo/Vodoun is a name attributed to an West African ancestral religious system of worship and ritual practices, where specific deities are born and honored, along with the veneration of ancient and recent ancestors who earlier served the same tutelary deities.
Voodoo religion was established in the 13th century in Benin republic by Adjahounto, the founder of Allada, ancestor of Dahomey kingdom and the forefather of Toussaint Louverture (father of Haiti.)
Since 1994, Voodoo has officially decreed as an official religion, Voodoo festival continues to be the country’s most colorful and vibrant annual celebration.
Similar to any other religion, Benin’s voodoo practitioners remain strong and devoted to their religion, as Benin’s leading religion is animism.
The Voodoo Festival is held on the 9th of January at Allada in remembrance ‘Adjahounto’ the initiator of voodoo and 10th of January as a national festival at Ouidah (at the site of Dagbokonou and across the country).
adepts of the python temple can be recognized by the facial scarification
Benin, West Africa.
Allada.
January, 9th marks the start of the annual voodoo festival in Benin.
ALLADA FESTIVAL VIDEO ON YOU TUBE
His highness Kpodegbe Toyi Djgla invites you to the annual Voodoo Festival Allada, held on the 9th of January at Allada royal palace, Benin.
Voodoo/Vodoun is a name attributed to an West African ancestral religious system of worship and ritual practices, where specific deities are born and honored, along with the veneration of ancient and recent ancestors who earlier served the same tutelary deities.
Voodoo religion was established in the 13th century in Benin republic by Adjahounto, the founder of Allada, ancestor of Dahomey kingdom and the forefather of Toussaint Louverture (father of Haiti.)
Since 1994, Voodoo has officially decreed as an official religion, Voodoo festival continues to be the country’s most colorful and vibrant annual celebration.
Similar to any other religion, Benin’s voodoo practitioners remain strong and devoted to their religion, as Benin’s leading religion is animism.
The Voodoo Festival is held on the 9th of January at Allada in remembrance ‘Adjahounto’ the initiator of voodoo and 10th of January as a national festival at Ouidah (at the site of Dagbokonou and across the country).