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PHOTOS: Benin's voodoo festival marks spiritual birthplace

<font color=990000><b>PHOTOS: </B></FONT>Benin's voodoo festival marks spiritual birthplace

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OUIDAH, BENIN - JANUARY 07: A man enters a state of trance during a Voodoo ceremony on January 7, 2012 in Ouidah, Benin. Ouidah is Benin's Voodoo heartland, and thought to be the spiritual birthplace of Voodoo or Vodun as it is known in Benin. Shrouded in mystery and often misunderstood, Voodoo was acknowledged as an official religion in Benin in 1989, and is increasing in popularity with around 17 percent of the population following it. A week of activity centred around the worship of Voodoo culminates on the 10th of January when people from across Benin as well as Togo and Nigeria decend on the town for the annual Voodoo festival. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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by Eric Lorenz

KMOV

Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:44 AM
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