Benin to celebrate cultic Voodoo Festival 2020
The Voodoo Festival of Benin is celebrated across the entire country every year but most particularly in the city of Ouidah.
This national day of cults which was established in 1993 by Benin's ex-president Nicophore Soglo (1991-1996) is also an official holiday in Benin.
During an entire week, Gou the god of Iron, Elegbara the Messenger, Kokou the Warrior, Zangbeto the guardian of the Night, Mami Wata goddess of Water, and other deities are honoured with ancestral cult practices where thousands of voodoo adherents, traditional chiefs and shamans participate in dozens of ceremonies.
The celebrations which also attracted tourists from Europe, Asia and the U.S., were characterized by prayers, libation and Voodoo dances. (Xinhua)
