Voodoo Culture (18 photos)

Modern man living in the XXI century, will seem strange belief in witchcraft.
But Aboriginal living in the African town of Ouidah - this is a normal phenomenon.
They practiced voodoo culture, the festival is supported by Voodoo in Benin at the state level, because voodoo is the official religion of the country.
People believe in the magical power of rituals, sacrifices, shamanism, etc.



 
One of the worst curses of voodoo - tied to a stick monkey head with his tongue hanging out.



Followers of voodoo commit ritual near a piece of cloth soiled with blood of the slain goat.



Voodoo dance around a man who bears a dead goat during a voodoo ritual.



Temple of Pythons - one of the holy religion of voodoo



A woman carries her belt voodoo doll



Voodoo adepts look like a man scores a goat near the Temple of Pythons



The man sacrificed a goat near the Temple of Pythons



Voodoo jubilant after animal sacrifices



Young followers of voodoo



Voodoo festival participant poses for a photo with a toy camera



Voodoo Priestess Dzhabassi Manonvomin lead followers to the festival



Voodoo Priestess sits in the ritual room



Voodoo adepts pass by the monument that serves as a reminder of the times of the slave trade



Voodoo followers sacrificed in the beach



Believers dancing at the annual festival of Voodoo



Ritual dances near the Temple of Pythons



Dedication in the Temple of Pythons snake



Source: fototelegraf.ru