Under the Spell of Voodoo

Video: Bucket List Tip: Benin – The Stilt Village of Ganvié

A short video about the city located in the middle of a lake in Benin

Photos Travelogue Route

Voodoo Ceremony

During the Voodoo ceremony people go into trance through dance and rhythmic music

Facial carvings

The Somba tribe marks their faces with fine carvings

Togolese houses

The typical round rondavels of northern Togo tribes

Drummers

Drummers accompany the dance on stage

Travelogue Under the Spell of Voodoo (23 days)

Dag 1 | Togo > Where will I sleep tonight?
Dag 2 | Togo > Getting to know the city of Lomé
Dag 3 | Togo > The voodoo priest and the voodoo ceremony
Dag 4 | Togo > A dance performance on Christmas Eve
Dag 5 | Togo > “Jové, Jové”
Dag 6 | Togo > The fire dance of the Tem tribe
Dag 7 | Togo > The iron blast furnaces of Bangeli
Dag 8 | Togo > Walking tour through Djamdé
Dag 9 | Togo > Climbing Mount Kabyé
Dag 10 | Togo > A Djembe as a souvenir
Dag 11 | Benin > New Year's Eve among the Beninese
Dag 12 | Benin > A look at the Somba tribes
Dag 13 | Benin > Meeting the chief of the Taneka-Beri tribe
Dag 14 | Benin > Singing with the children in Moupemou
Dag 15 | Benin > From north to south Benin
Dag 16 | Benin > Visit to the palace of Abomey
Dag 17 | Benin > The King of Ketou
Dag 18 | Benin > Sleeping in a stilt house in Ganvié
Dag 19 | Benin > Slave route to the ‘Door of No Return’
Dag 20 | Benin > Eating a local pizza in the dark
Dag 21 | Benin > Voodoo festival of Quidah
Dag 22 | Togo > Farewell to Lomé
Dag 23 | Togo > Does the Djembe fit or not?

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