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NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Greek Sport and Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Republic of Korea’s Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - Last Torchbearer Ioannis Proios (right) is given the Olympic Flame by Kim Ki-hoon (left), second to last Torchbearer. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_030
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Capralos (left) and President of the Organising Committee for the XXIII Winter Olympics Games ‘PYEONGCHANG 2018’ Lee Hee Beom (right), who is holding the Olympic Flame. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_029
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - Greek (left) Olympic (centre) and Korea's flag (right) in the Panathenaic Stadium. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_028
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Greek Sport and Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_027
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Greek Sport and Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_026
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Choreography performed by the Priestesses. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_025
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - High Priestess Katerina Lehou is lighting a Torch that is going to handover at the end to the President of the Organising Committee for the XXIII Winter Olympics Games ‘PYEONGCHANG 2018’ Lee Hee Beom. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_024
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Republic of Korea’s Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_023
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - President of the Organising Committee for the XXIII Winter Olympics Games ‘PYEONGCHANG 2018’ Lee Hee Beom, during his speech. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_022
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Republic of Korea’s Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_021
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - Last Torchbearer Ioannis Proios is lighting the cauldron. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_020
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - United States Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Ross Pyatt in Panathenaic Stadium. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_019
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - An olive branch that is holding a Priestess while in background we can see the Korea's flag, in Panathenaic Stadium. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_017
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Capralos (left) is handover the Tourch with the Olympic Flame to the President of the Organising Committee for the XXIII Winter Olympics Games ‘PYEONGCHANG 2018’ Lee Hee Beom (right). The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_016
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Greek Sport and Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_015
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - Greek Presidential Guard is entering the Panathenaic Stadium. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_014
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Greek Sport and Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_013
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Choreography performed by the Priestesses. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_012
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Greek Sport and Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_011
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Republic of Korea’s Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_010
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - Kim Ki-hoon, second to last Torchbearer, is entering Panathenaic Stadium. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_009
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - Lydia Koniordou Greek Minister of Civilisation in Panathenaic Stadium. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_008
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Republic of Korea’s Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (left) with the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Capralos (right). The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_006
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (right) is accompanied by the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Capralos (left). The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_005
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Republic of Korea’s Cultural event. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_004
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - Olympic Flag is entering the Panathenaic Stadium. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_003
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Choreography performed by the Priestesses. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_002
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - During the Choreography performed by the Priestesses. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10076974_001
NEWS - Athen: Griechen übergeben Olympisches Feuer an Pyeongchang
October 31, 2017 - Athens, Attiki, Greece - Last Torchbearer Ioannis Proios after lighting the cauldron. The Handover Ceremony of the Olympic Flame for Winter Games PYEONGCHANG 2018, took place today in Panathenaic Stadium in the presence of the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Old voodoo priestess in her convent. Togoville, Togo.
Old Voodoo priestess in her convent, Togoville, Togo, West Africa, Africa
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REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_058
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_057
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_056
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_050
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_049
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_048
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_047
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_065
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_063
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_070
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_064
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_062
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_061
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_054
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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DUK10068031_053
REPORTAGE - Benin: Voodoo Zwillinge Tradition
Benin’s Living Dead: The Voodoo Twins Tradition
40% of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Benin’s Fon people have one of the highest occurrences at 1 in 20 births. The high rate of infant mortality and voodoo religion, Benin’s national religion, have begot some very particular practices concerning the deaths of one or both of these twins. In many other societies, twins are regarded as bad omens and often killed or abandoned at birth. However, in the Fon culture, twins have always been revered because Nana Buluku, voodoo’s androgynous creator of the universe, gave birth to twins. These twins in turn created the voodoo deities that run the world.
Once a twin dies, a wooden statue called the “hohovi” is carved, within which the spirit of the dead child is placed. These figurines are deified and treated almost exactly like the living children. For the Fon, twins are immortal. They continue to live even after their death, bringing blessings or misfortune depending on if there are either pampered or abused.
Three months after the birth of twins, if they are still living, the parents go collect gifts from other members of their community. If one or both of the twins die, then the mother carries the statues around between her breasts and walks around with a tray on her head, receiving alms for the twins. All donate some money or food. The mother may even take some wares on display at the market. If a woman is rich or powerful, then she sends someone to conduct this collection in her place.
In Bopa, a village situated on the banks of Lake Aheme in southern Benin, Dah Tofa and his wife reside. Dah Tofa, an educated man in his 60s, is a voodoo priest. His wife, who is around 40 years old, speaks only Fon. I ask for her name and she tells me the name she was born with, but this causes a bit of an incident. Her husband explains that she was supposed to say “Hounyoga”, the name of the voodoo goddess she worships whose name she took. Her husband tells me
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