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A Fa Oracle reading in Benin

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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. A Mami Wata statue in the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Erzuli Freda in a bottle on the Haiti altar.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. The Mami Wata statue of the Mami Wata Altar.
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August 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. The Drummer of the Mami Wata Altar.
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August 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. The Imam of the Mami Wata Altar.
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August 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Exu Mirim of the Quimbanda religion from Brazil.
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August 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Pombagira Rainha of the Quimbanda religion from Brazil.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Faces of the Voodoo Rainbow exhibition at the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Exu Cobra of the Quimbanda religion from Brazil.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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A “paquet congo”. It refers to spiritual objects that are made by Vodou priests in Haiti as part of religious ceremonies.
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July 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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A “paquet congo”. It refers to spiritual objects that are made by Vodou priests in Haiti as part of religious ceremonies.
© Markus Matzel/SOAM
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July 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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A “paquet congo”. It refers to spiritual objects that are made by Vodou priests in Haiti as part of religious ceremonies.
© Markus Matzel/SOAM
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July 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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SOUL OF AFRICA MUSEUM COLLECTION
Baron Samedi as a Free Mason painted by Charles Art Jerry from Port au Prince Haiti. A new addition arrived yesterday for our Haitian Painting collection.

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July 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Benin. Sossa Guedehoungue holds a short prayer next to the shimmering blood-red Gligbangbe altar. With the sacrificial ritual, the priest strengthens his connection to the deity.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Sossa Guedehoungue, Grand Commandeur and President of the voodoo cults in Benin. Once a year, he held a ceremony in his home village of Doutou in honor of the warrior god Gligbange, surrounded by his numerous wives, children and adepts.
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July 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Sossa Guedehoungue, Grand Commandeur and President of the voodoo cults in Benin. Once a year, he held a ceremony in his home village of Doutou in honor of the warrior god Gligbange, surrounded by his numerous wives, children and adepts.
© Henning Christoph/SOAM

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July 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Benin. The secret society of the Egunguns are spirits of the ancestors who preserve tradition and punish offenders.
© Henning Christoph/SOAM
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July 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Benin. The secret society of the Egunguns are spirits of the ancestors who preserve tradition and punish offenders.
© Henning Christoph/SOAM
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July 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Benin. The secret society of the Egunguns are spirits of the ancestors who preserve tradition and punish offenders.
© Henning Christoph/SOAM
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July 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A Kokou ceremony in Benin. Kokou followers ignite gunpowder and inhale the smoke. The inhalation of gunpowder is used to regain strength for the ceremony.
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July 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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A Kokou ceremony in Benin. To demonstrate the power of the ancient warrior god, two initiates in trance slash themselves in the arms and chest with knieves, as a priest officiates.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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A Kokou ceremony in Benin. Blood spurting from a head wound does not deter a young voodoo initiate in his ecstatic dancing
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July 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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A Shango priest offers a chicken for the god of thunder and lightning in Lokossa.
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July 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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A radio report on Deutschlandfunk about the SOUL OF AFRICA Museum. Start from: 14:03

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Tag für Tag - 09.07.2025 - komplette Sendung
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July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Newly initiated Shango priests in Lokossa dancing with the head priest with their heavy Achinas on the back.
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July 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A Shango procession in Lokossa past a burial site for people who were struck by lightning.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM