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Benin

by Eric Lafforgue

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Benin, West Africa, Bopa, woman in trance dancing during a traditional voodoo ceremony
Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, old muslim man on a scooter in front of the multicoloured great mosque
Benin, West Africa, Bopa, miss ablossi carrying the carved wooden figures made to house the soul of her five dead twins
Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, stairs and stain glass window inside the great mosque
Benin, West Africa, Ganvié, fashionable old man in traditional beninese clothing
Benin, West Africa, Onigbolo Isaba, holi tribe woman covered with traditional facial tattoos and scars
Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, zangbeto guardian of the night spirit dance in the royal palace
Benin, West Africa, Onigbolo Isaba, holi tribe traditional houses
Benin, West Africa, Onigbolo Isaba, holi tribe woman profile
Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest putting some oil on his fetish during a ceremony
Benin, West Africa, Gossoue, traditional peul houses made of dried leaves
Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, dead bats sold on a voodoo market
Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest holding a statue covered with blood
Benin, West Africa, Boukoumbé, man climbing a ladder in a traditional tata somba house
Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest putting sugar on an altar during a voodoo ceremony
Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, kagbanon bebe voodoo priest during a ceremony
Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, zangbeto guardian of the night spirit riding motorcycle in the royal palace
Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, the slaughter of a pigeon in a ritual sacrifice during a voodoo ceremony runned by kagbanon bebe priest
Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, scaffoldings on the the new central mosque
Benin, West Africa, Bonhicon, the slaughter of a pigeon in a ritual sacrifice during a voodoo ceremony runned by kagbanon bebe priest
Benin, West Africa, Onigbolo Isaba, hairdresser at home in holi tribe
Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, egoun egoun spirit of the deads walking in the street to ask money to people
Benin, West Africa, Porto-Novo, egoun egoun spirit of the deads asks money to people in exchange of blessings
Benin, West Africa, Dassa-Zoumè, yaka palace of the omondjagou people
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