Sacred Lands: Benin's Spiritual Guardianship, Voodoo, Tradition, And Survival

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• JA

  @jaysoncarter5093 · 4 years ago

  Such a noble beautiful people, and, culture. As a Samoan I salute them for not falling into materialism like so many other cultures have. They're so happy.

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• DA

  @danouedanoue5735 · 4 years ago

  i am haitian and it feels  like i am from Benin the connection is so strong. Please preserve the culture. Ase to my ancestors.

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• NA

  @nabaddaalice5545 · 4 years ago

  Proud to be an African 😘love from UGANDA 🇺🇬❤️🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬❤️❤️

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  @i-digress-l3g · 4 years ago

  In 2017 I had a privilege to visit Cotonou and Widha (slave trade area) in Benin. <br>I was wowed coming from South Africa. Flying over West Africa, I felt like I had left earth, Amazed buy the unusual but beautiful landscapes, from the sky. Shed a tear walking on the same road the slaves walked to slave ships. <br>People are still living an authentic less stressful lives, which the West calls poverty. In my opinion these people are rich and &nbsp;beyond blessed, are not starving, able to sustain themselves. Rich in culture, family, tradition. Live like how God intended,one with nature without destroying it. Not greedy, consume what they need with no waste &nbsp;They have smooth skin, better than us bathing with luxury soaps, applying expensive products. They are super athletic, not obese. Live long while healthy and fit.<br>Their diet is mainly fresh and organic fish, chicken, fruit and vegetables, nuts, natural oils. The streets are bustling with motirbikes, beautiful and &nbsp;colorful fabrics, trade. They are very creative and resourceful. Beautiful sandy beaches with rustic bars and restaurants thatched huts.<br>The poor and rich live together in one with only petty theft prevalent. Women riding motorcycles safely at midnight. <br>I urge Africans to tour their own continent to learn about who they are. Strength, confidence sterms from knowing where you come from.

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• TW

  @twinflames4249 · 4 years ago

  It&apos;s so good to view video that is not showing the &nbsp;opposite side of Africa. &nbsp;Am a decendant of slavery from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

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• YO

  @Yorubaddie · 4 years ago

  As a Yoruba girl from Nigeria, I love seeing the people of Benin and Togo. I feel so connected to those countries, Yorubas are also apart of those countries too

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• KE

  @keketsomega8358 · 4 years ago

  Africa connects more than we can imagine, I live in South Africa but some of the traditions in this document are more similar to ours, especially those of tribe in a savanna. The connections attest that we are one people from common tribe or ethnic group. Love you my people.

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• BO

  @bozm9961 · 4 years ago

  Beliefs created for the social.,environmental and spiritual health of a people. No killing each other or discrimination, just coming together for the good of all.THATS AFRICAN SPIRITUALLY.

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• KO

  @koj1249 · 4 years ago

  The sustainable fishing maintained for centuries is awesome.

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• AA

  @AA-uf3bl · 4 years ago

  <b>What I know for sure is that these people living such a basic life in such rudimentary villages and houses are much happier than many people living in nice houses in upmarket areas, earning a lot, and driving expensive cars in the western world.</b><br><br><b>Suicide is unknown among these people, while it&apos;s part of life among those living the aforementioned upscale life.</b><br><br><b>Life is not about the materialistic. In fact, non-materialistic life leads to happiness.</b>

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• EZ

  @EzweniLonkana · 3 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m so proud to be an African. Live from South Africa. Btw music for us Africans isn&apos;t just a performance. It&apos;s a way to connect more with our Ancestors and the universe.

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• ST

  @stargatekeeper3303 · 4 years ago

  Benin had a massive empire that housed palaces and buildings and many other amazing sites!!!but through wars created by the British because of greed and somewhat ignorance the rest happened, this should be in every HISTORY book!!!<br><br>Beninians are very intelligent people...Keep rising...😌<br>🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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