Magic market Akodessewa in Fact — the place is not for the faint of heart

 





Such a market will not go, because it's not just a few boutiques with unusual Souvenirs, there is something more mystical and somewhat eerie... the tables are dried grass, bugs, worms... and all of them dried animals. Heads of antelopes, leopards paws, tails of monkeys and horns of buffaloes, teeth of crocodiles, bones, beaks of various birds... All gathered in one place – on the market Akodessewa that the capital of Togo – lomé. It is a magical market voodoo.





Will not have time to come here, and you have met traders who aim to sell the amulets for luck and happiness, different polosochki of the dried animals....



               




In fact, in Africa still believe in magic, especially voodoo. There is something like another religion. Using voodoo rituals, according to the local population, you can be cured from deadly illnesses, to rejuvenate, to find love... But everything here is good... Most unusual "supplies" in the form of heads of monkeys, leopards, buffaloes, etc. are not used in such peaceful purposes as it seems at first glance. Usually tourists buy here spooky Souvenirs and return home saying "this is the whole of Africa", not even knowing that with this souvenir he was transferred to the poverty of the merchant or the illness of some relative.



                       




Market Akodessewa except mages, voodoo, walk more lost hikers or tourists in search of extreme sensations. The local population prefers not to appear once again here unnecessarily.



                        




In the afternoon there is relatively calm, but by the evening, the market starts to live a different life – shamans are flocking here in search of the missing ingredients for their "drugs" and rituals... as in the evening and bring the goods for which the merchants very often I bet. And brought here as commodities not only ready-made Souvenirs in the form of figurines, teeth, claws... Not rare here, you can see how traders will literally break brought the dead animals and their remains – all the goods which still need to be put in proper condition, as the demand for blood and meat of certain animals of Africa in this market is very low.





 

Source: mif-facts.com.ua