Description
In Linsouhoué, near Abomay, we witness the annual veneration of Dan/Dangbé, the snake god of Vodun. The participants are all family members, descendants of the first king who had 500 wives. His male descendants also married multiple wives. There are prayers, chants, dances and offerings. The snake is associated with protection, fertility, water, rain and the connection between heaven and earth. The ceremony is intended to ask the deity for favours and protection for the community. A woman and a man go round blessing those present in turn for a small fee.
We visited Benin on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from West-Africa; see our channel https://www.youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Benin can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8KqyTKPnPCZ38MjsZxf_bkB. Enjoy more religious sites and events by playing the clips in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8InrVl-4bJbCejM4N0RMDmu.
Music and/or sound effects:
- 'Symphony of the Streets. Hip-Hop Background Music for video 60 second' created by Maksim Dudchyk and uploadexd from Pixbay (https://pixabay.com/nl/music/orkestraal-symphony-of-the-streets-hip-hop-background-music-for-video-60-second-476679/).;
- 'Calm inspiring technology logo short version' created by Alex Zavesa, distributed by Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-calm-inspiring-technology-logo-short-version-518993/).