West Africa is fast gaining recognition for ... Trances and dances with the dead Egungun funeral trance Voodoo’s most volatile dance is the Egungun funeral rites trance, in which spirits of ...

of all African people,” said Suzanne Celeste Delaunay Belleville, the Voodoo priestess, draped in beads and a white robe. Featuring traditional ceremonies, dance events, and rituals in the form ...

OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — As children dance with great speed and energy in ... a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion ...