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Roots of Voodoo

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Mami Wata voodoo priest baptizes women with a fluid made of Sodabe alcohol and herbs, a ceremony that secures fertility, in Aneho, Togo. Epe Ekpe marks Voodoo New Year in Togo. During the ceremony, Voodoo priests look for a stone in the sacred forest; depending on the color of the stone, a prophecy for the New Year is made.. Voodoo is a very complicated religion; often not understood by westerners. It is estimated that Voodoo is about 4000 years old. Voodoos' cradle in West Africa is Benin and Togo...September 2006..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST




Roots of Voodoo

click here for moreimages of voodoo religion rituals or visit my website here: photographer Dusseldorf
A goat is sacrificed in front of the Voodoo Donkoli fetish in , Benin. The fetish in Dankoli is the strongest in Benin. People from all over the country, as well as from abroad, come here to ask ghosts when they are in need. Voodoo is a very complicated religion; often not understood fully by westerners. It is estimated that Voodoo is about 4000 years old. Voodoos' cradle in West Africa is Benin and Togo.




Roots of Voodoo

click here for moreimages of voodoo religion rituals or visit my website here: photographer Dusseldorf
Mami Wata Voodoo women dance in trance during the Epe Ekpe ceremony, in Aneho, Togo. Epe Ekpe marks Voodoo New Year in Togo. During the ceremony, Voodoo priests look for a stone in the sacred forest; depending on the color of the stone, a prophecy for the New Year is made. Voodoo is a very complicated religion; often not understood fully by westerners. It is estimated that Voodoo is about 4000 years old. Voodoos' cradle in West Africa is Benin and Togo. ..September 2006..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST




Roots of Voodoo

click here for moreimages of voodoo religion rituals or visit my website here: photographer Dusseldorf
Workshop of a traditional Voodoo healer. Most of the people in Benin go to a traditional healer first, and only when he fails to cure them they make a visit to regular doctor.. Voodoo is a very complicated religion; often not understood by westerners. It is estimated that Voodoo is about 4000 years old. Voodoos' cradle in West Africa is Benin and Togo.




Roots of Voodoo

click here for moreimages of voodoo religion rituals or visit my website here: photographer Dusseldorf
Mami Wata voodoo priest baptizes women with a fluid made of Sodabe alcohol and herbs, a ceremony that secures fertility, in Aneho, Togo. Epe Ekpe marks Voodoo New Year in Togo. During the ceremony, Voodoo priests look for a stone in the sacred forest; depending on the color of the stone, a prophecy for the New Year is made.. Voodoo is a very complicated religion; often not understood by westerners. It is estimated that Voodoo is about 4000 years old. Voodoos' cradle in West Africa is Benin and Togo.




Roots of Voodoo

click here for moreimages of voodoo religion rituals or visit my website here: photographer Dusseldorf
Mami Wata voodoo priest baptizes women with a fluid made of Sodabe alcohol and herbs, a ceremony that secures fertility, in Aneho, Togo. Epe Ekpe marks Voodoo New Year in Togo. During the ceremony, Voodoo priests look for a stone in the sacred forest; depending on the color of the stone, a prophecy for the New Year is made.. Voodoo is a very complicated religion; often not understood by westerners. It is estimated that Voodoo is about 4000 years old. Voodoos' cradle in West Africa is Benin and Togo.




Tuareg woman,mali

another moment with the Blue woman from mali. I am mesmerised by these woman when they sing. Its what I would call a "call and response"? very soothing yet stimulating also...........




Mariam hanging the tablecloths

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Mariam hanging the tablecloths




Mariam

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Mariam




Nappes des tables

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Nappes des tables




Tablecloth with wax

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Tablecloth with wax




Tablecloth before dying

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Tablecloth before dying




Setting the fabric out to dry

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Setting the fabric out to dry




Salade

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Salade




Salade

They called this type of batik salade. What a huge amount of work.




Tante Namarie

Tante Namarie didn't feel well this day, but she was a trouper and came out to help.




Chickens

Because some of the colors were composites, when they first came out of the dye they were different colors. This started out looking green, but eventually turned red.




Tablecloth

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Tablecloth




Mr. Barry sampling Gateau

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Mr. Barry sampling Gateau




History Lesson

A Senegalese man views an exhibit on African-American history in Dakar in 2005. This was pre-Obama, so the panel he's reading about presidential candidates describes the candidacies of Shirley Chisolm (1972) and Jesse Jackson (1984 and 1988).





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