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A dancer in trance possessed by the Voodoo ghost Egungun, in Savalou, Benin. Egungun is the ghost of ancestors; it possesses the dancer to give advice to members of the community. Voodoo is a very complicated religion; often not understood by westerners. It is estimated that Voodoo is about 4000 years old. Voodoos' cradle in West Africa is Benin and Togo...September 2006..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST
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A dancer in trance possessed by the Voodoo ghost Egungun, in Savalou, Benin. Egungun is the ghost of ancestors; it possesses the dancer to give advice to members of the community. Voodoo is a very complicated religion; often not understood by westerners. It is estimated that Voodoo is about 4000 years old. Voodoos' cradle in West Africa is Benin and Togo...September 2006..MORE PICTURES AVILABLE ON REQUEST

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