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World Service,3 mins

Braving Benin鈥檚 python temple

Heart and Soul

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Correspondent Ed Davey and Ghanaian biochemist Jafar Habib visit the Temple of the Python, in Ouidah, Benin, a pilgrimage for many Voodoo believers. Benin is one of only two countries in the world to formally recognise Voodoo as a religion 鈥� more than half of Beninese are believers. Voodoo means 鈥榞od鈥� or 鈥榩ower鈥�, and followers believe a natural force flows through everything.

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