 Voodoo priest leading a religious procession. |
 Voodoo procession after a successful ceremony. |
 Members of the Voodoo procession. |
 Voodoo. Mother who carries a small figure on her belly indicating that she had twins and one of them died. |
 The voodoo fetish market in Lomé. |
 Hyanas in the voodoo fetish market in Lomé. |
 Crocodile heads in the voodoo fetish market in Lomé. |
 Sharks in the voodoo fetish market in Lomé. |
 Voodoo. Entrance to the Sacred Forest in Ouidah. |
 Voodoo. Mawu Lisa, the god of creation, in the Sacred Forest of Ouidah. |
 In the Sacred Forest of Ouidah, Vodun Dan, the snake rainbow god. The serpent eating its own tail symbolizes the Circle of Life. |
 Voodoo. Hebiosso, the dangerous god of thunder, in the Sacred Forest of Ouidah. |
 Voodoo. The Vodun of Dankoly in Benin. Here pilgrims have planted thousands of wooden pegs. |
 Dankoly. Each peg symbolizes a pilgrim´s wish to the Vodun and the promise to return with a sacrifice, if the wish is fulfilled. |
 Voodoo. If the wish comes true, the pilgrims return to Dankoly and sacrifice the animal that they had promised the Vodun |
 Voodoo. Dankoly. When the pegs are in the ground, palm oil and alcohol are poured over them. |
 Houndjohoundji. Voodoo priest and his fetishes that shall get new power through a trance dance. |
 In the voodoo temple of Houndjohoundji, vodun for Ogun, the god of war. |
 Voodoo. Sakpata, the god of smallpox, in the voodoo temple in Houndjohoundji. |
 Voodoo. Vodun at Houndjohoundji smoking a pipe. |
 Voodoo. Another smoking vodun. |
 Voodoo. Voduns at Houndjohoundji. |
 Voodoo. Vodun at Houndjohoundji. |
 Voodoo. Fetishes used for the trance dance at Houndjohoundji. |
 Further voodoo fetishes - one with cigarette - for the trance ceremony. |
 Voodoo. Smoking fetish. |
 Assistant of the voodoo priest. |
 Voodoo. Some of the musicians for the trance dance. |
 Voodoo. Houndjohoundji, the beginning of the trance dance. |
 Voodoo. Houndjohoundji, the first person that goes into a trance. |
 Voodoo. Houndjohoundji, man in trance. |
 Voodoo. White powder is put in the faces of those in trance. |
 Voodoo. Woman in trance. |
 Voodoo. Woman in trance. |
 Voodoo. Woman having just gone into trance. |
 Voodoo. Another man in trance, here also blue powder is put in the face. |
 Voodoo. Woman in trance. |
 Voodoo. Woman in trance. |
 Voodoo. Trance dancers. |