{"id":91041,"date":"2014-03-03T10:47:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T08:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/inspiratie-reis\/group-tour-voodoofestival-2016\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T13:42:31","slug":"group-tour-voodoofestival-2016","status":"publish","type":"inspiratie_reizen","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/tours\/group-tour-voodoofestival-2016","title":{"rendered":"Group Tour VoodooFestival 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Voodoo in Ouidah<\/h2>\n<div>Voodoo plays an important role in daily life in <strong>Benin.<\/strong> The religion is used to solve the problems of all day. Important ingredients during the practice of voodoo are dance, music and the most diverse rituals. This special festival tour offers you the opportunity to experience the large annual Voodoo festival with its various ceremonies in <strong>Ouidah,<\/strong>the birthplace of <strong>voodoo.<\/strong> \u00a0 Ahead of this bustling festival, take a tour of <strong>Togo<\/strong> and <strong>Benin.<\/strong> You will be introduced to \u00a0 authentic populations such as the <strong>Tamberma<\/strong> and <strong>Somba,<\/strong>who live in the isolated <strong>Atakora Mountains,<\/strong> enjoy the beautiful nature, experience the dynamics of African life with its many traditions and customs, and end with a few rest days on the coast.<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Tips and Tops of Group Tour VoodooFestival 2016:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The fetish market in Lom\u00e9, where all kinds of attributes can be bought, which have magical powers<\/li>\n<li>The spectacular spectacle of the fire dance, in which dancers walk in trance over piping hot coals<\/li>\n<li>Visit to many original villages and populations: the beautifully fortified houses of the Tamberma and the Somba<\/li>\n<li>A glimpse into the history of Abomey, the former capital of the kingdom of Dahoney<\/li>\n<li>The pile village of Ganvi\u00e9, called the Venice of Africa for a reason<\/li>\n<li>Interesting ethnographic museum in Porto-Novo<\/li>\n<li>The grand annual voodoo festival in Ouidah with its many different ceremonies<\/li>\n<li>Visit the highlights of Ouidah; Sacred forest, Python temple and Slave route<\/li>\n<li>Finally relax at the beach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Departure date: December 30, 2015 to January 14, 2016. The festival will take place on January 10, 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group tour to the authentic African countries of Togo and Benin. The highlight is the annual voodoo festival in Ouidah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":37159,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"inspiration_categories":[],"country":[234],"continent_category":[186],"class_list":["post-91041","inspiratie_reizen","type-inspiratie_reizen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-togo-and-benin","continent_category-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/91041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/91041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235467,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/91041\/revisions\/235467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"inspiration_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiration_categories?post=91041"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=91041"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=91041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}