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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge

West Africa: Togo and Benin

Art Wolfe visits West African villages known for vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals.

10/04/2008 | Rating TV-G

West Africa: Togo and Benin

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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge

West Africa: Togo and Benin

Season 2 Episode 206 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions

Art Wolfe visits West African villages known for vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals.

West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo; in Togo and Benin ancestors commingle with the living. Whether it’s vulture heads for sale at a fetish market or sacred bloodstained altars, Voodoo is always front and center. Art Wolfe visits villages known for their vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals and discovers frenzied trances, powerful masked dances and an extraordinary fire-eating ceremony.

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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge

West Africa: Togo and Benin

Season 2 Episode 206 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions

West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo; in Togo and Benin ancestors commingle with the living. Whether it’s vulture heads for sale at a fetish market or sacred bloodstained altars, Voodoo is always front and center. Art Wolfe visits villages known for their vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals and discovers frenzied trances, powerful masked dances and an extraordinary fire-eating ceremony.

10/04/2008 | Rating TV-G

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