Ouidah, Benin is the "Cradle of Voodoo". Called a "hounan", the current Pope is Hounon Dogba Dodu. West Africa.

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Ouidah, Benin is the "Cradle of Voodoo". It is from here that voodoo in all its later forms originated, and today it is still practiced as the local religion. The Voodoo Pope reigns as the supreme leader of Voodoo the world over. Called a "hounan", the current Pope is Hounon Dogba Dodu. West Africa.

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Location: Ouidah, Benin is the "Cradle of Voodoo". Called a "hounan", the current Pope is Hounon Dogba Dodu
Photo credit: © Robert Burch / Alamy / Afripics
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