Vodún: Secrecy and the Search for Divine Power
(Part of the Contemporary Ethnography Series)
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Tourists to Ouidah, a city on the coast of the Republic of B?nin, in West Africa, typically visit a few well-known sites of significance to the Vod?n religion--the Python Temple, where Dangb?, the python spirit, is worshipped, and King Kpasse's sacred forest, which is the seat of the Vod?n deity known as Lok?. However, other, less familiar places, such as the palace of the so-called supreme chief of Vod?n in B?nin, are also rising in popularity...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812225252
ISBN13:9780812225259
Release Date:February 2022
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.8" x 5.9"
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