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Benin, West Africa, Bopa, dah tofa voodoo master showing the skulls criminals killed by heviosso the god of thunder that he collects

The voodoo priest Dah Tofa holds the skull of a man who killed someone. At this time,the gods were angry after the murderer, and he was killed by a sacred thunder. No rain is needed to be touched by this thunder sent by Reviosso fetish in the voodoo culture. The body of the dead man was carried to Bopa in the south Benin by the priests inside their temple. There, they woke up the dead man who confessed his crime. Then he died again, forever. His body was put inside a coffin which was hanged to the temple ceiling (i saw them), until the body was rotten. The priest Dah Tofa took off the skull and put it inside a box in the divinity temple with the leg bones. It seems it is a great privilege to see the skulls. Dah Tofa was proud to show me his impressive collection. It seems a lot of crimes are committed in Benin!

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Uploaded on August 19, 2015
Taken on August 19, 2015