Bohicon, Benin

Celebrating the voodun New Year
Jan 10, 2005

... cult of voodoo in Benin, and as such, is a national holiday. I made arrangements to attend a traditional ceremony in Bohicon, near Abomey, the cultural capitol of Benin. Met by Dah, the son of the voodoo chief and a traditional healer, I was brought to a ...

Getting "lost"
Aug 27, 2005

... Bohicon. Along the route, the taxi got a broken axel (or something like that...lol), so we switched taxis. We arrived in Bohicon around 3pm. I was meeting up with other Stagiaires at a Volunteer's house. We had dinner at a new, and "really nice" ( ...

photos
Sep 7, 2007

an attempt to add some photos from the first 2 or 3 weeks. am now in bohicon, had an absolutely horrible day yesterday which i will explain more perhaps later, but came a day early to stay with marion, joelle's french friend. and it's been bliss. they have ...