Exploring Ancient Rituals: Voodoo Traditions in Togo & Benin 

Thank you for this awsome documentary.

One of the greatest weaknesses of Africa is that we are too welcoming to foreigners. You will never hear the secrets of the Catholic Church. We are always giving out our secrets away.

I love how the man told him at the beginning of the video that is not mental problems but traditions

Amazing how they gave these non-Africans so much access! No wonder we are where we are in the world today. We need to wake up and do better!

I found it very disrespectful when he said that most likely the children had never seen another photographer other than him in their lives. He seems to be lacking depth and interest for the spiritual meanings of those practices. He assumes that the Africans and the Native Americans are exotic people unlike people of European descent. The traditional European cultures also have political and spiritual leaders. He seems so ignorant because we are all humans regardless our skin colour or belief systems. I remember being in Peru where I came met an old lady in the fields outside of Pune near Lake Titicaca. She reminded so much of my Polish aunt who had died at the age of 101. I didn`t perceive this lady as someone different from me but as someone from my own family. His attitude towards 'the natives' gets on my nerves. He will probably publish those photos and films and display them in some sort of art gallery or write some superficial article about the cultures he virtually has no interest other than colourful images and mysterious practices.

What was his mission. They come as tourists, simply to dig out, find and dismantle the last spiritual structure of the East, West, North and South Africa. Watch out Africa.

I am From The Repuplic of Somaliland and I support our African Cultures.

We are a Spiritual race...and that makes me feel really proud of Africa and being one..much love from Uganda.

Im Senegalese and most of my friends are from Côte d’Ivoire Benin and Togo I love their food and culture.

I am Dominican and have been learning a lot about our African ancestry in so many ways. I'm learning so much every single day.

So much respect to my African families that keep the culture going. I love being educated about my roots and can't wait for my return to my ancestors land. So much love and wealth

I actually liked the video until you started staging your subjects and taking 'provocative shots'. I read comments below from people complaining about your disingenuity, and I scoffed at the comments. But by the end of the video, I had to agree.

THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS ALLOWED TO CAUCASIANS IN OUR CAMP AND TEACH THEM WHAT WE KNOW THEY HAVE ALREADY SHOWED US THAT THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED THEY COME DISGUISE AS OUR FRIEND EVERY TIME AND I DIDN'T SAY SOMETIMES I SAID EVERY TIME EVIL WALKS AMONG US DISGUISED AS A PART OF THE HUMAN FAMILY.

Even though I can say I've learned from this"documentary"...I would love to mention that some things need to be left as sacred. We love to offer these wolves in sheep clothing information that they use against us in the future. When will we learn that we don't need to broadcast our sacred knowledge. Nevermind the energies are here to sought it all out. And wow the word "slave" was used so frivolously.

Africa! Where life is still more organic, simple and natural.

I found the photographer in this to be quite disrespectful at times. He could have kept some of his opinions to himself. As someone who is not from Africa, I came here to learn more. He made us westerners seem more ignorant than a lot of us actually are. I didn’t appreciate it.

i am fro Togo i am proud of my culture

I love this , unfortunately most us were brainwashed into adopting foreign cultural beliefs

Such beautiful people…especially the children. Children from around the world, love it.

I just hope that the video and pictures were taken on their consent and were equally informed that they will be posted on social media. Logically it seemed like his local guide has prearranged his various meetings with the villagers.

Dudes body language and choice of words so disrespectful. This documentary does 0% justice to the subject matter that it assumes to discuss. Dude just went there to take unnecessary pictures and to disrespect people.

I'm fascinated by Benin culture and spiritual. Apparently they are the only country in West Africa that manage to retain 90% of their African traditional religion and spirituality. I want to visit there some day. The church influences is very low.

Beautiful video but this man made so many condescending and disrespectful comments. Show up to listen and learn. Pay homage. don't disrespect the very people that are responsible for everything that is. I love things like this for Black people across the diaspora to see where it is they come from & why they may have some of the spiritual and physical traits that they do, but I hate the culture vultures. There’s clearly infinite beauty, art, and science across the continent of Africa but people like him make beautiful moments like these feel more like entertainment. It’s much more deeper than that.

Disingenuous, disrespectful and exploitative is how I would describe this guy's approach to my brothers and sisters of Benin and Togo. If you want to see, then go see wihout taking pictures that you intend to capitalize from. Thats just WRONG.

I have fallen in love with photography because of you. Thank you for this beautiful educative presentation of a great and beautiful continent with beautiful and majestic people.

“it’s not mental it’s spiritual” - I love how he said that for some reason

hello there, the background soundtrack that the presenter uses from 3:50 to 6:20 mins in this video is belong to the east african giant; an ethiopian nation traditional, indigenous song made from the local 'flute' device, and please use the local(benin/togo) traditional song to matches the audiences feedback with the intended video messages.

these peoples lead a simple life, they are in perfect harmony with their tradition and culture. From the outside, others will talk about misery and ignorance. The purpose of life is to be happy and to be in perfect harmony with the cosmos. And these brave men who are fighting a daily struggle are. Money is not everything.

They scare us with the fires of hell...here in Africa we eat FIRE !! - Shaka Zulu

I'm so proud to be an Afro Guyanese

Like Chaka Zulu said "down here we eat fire " Africa is a totally spiritual place, I'm glad to see some still have their beliefs intact

3:51 sound track....An Ethiopian cultural instrument called Washint...feels good to hear

These people are so beautiful and resilient to keep their indigenous culture alive I absolutely love it

He's taking advantage of their kindness and making fun of them at the same time. He was supposed to pay them for let him taking their pictures. He's going to make big money with his documentary. That's what they do take advantage of black people any king of ways.

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Powerful video! Shows our power when we are focused on our spiritually. We are truly connected to all things.

Leave Africans and our culture Alone!! You’ve done profited off our culture for way to long while demeaning us at the same time.

I find this guy so disingenuous and sometimes condescending and disrespectful to the point of cringe that I just have to stop watching and dislike.

Respect to all of African mosty highest praise to the highest Divines creators on this planet, perhaps from amongst others distance worlds. This night powerfully skills that these people are stills able makes their places rest they bodies in night time. As a little girl growing in country, my grandmother had some of that kinds of skills, that's never forgotten about from ancestors. This is some powerful messages offering the African generation of the African continent of blacks people, so must keep this African cultures contention celebrities they well-being on this planet for benefits of humanity and not to even forget theses mosty powerful skills, we all can extended our blacks more education of knowledge, so we understand each other's.especialy the younger generation of children. Have a wonderful blessed future forever. Ms.Mary L. Agee

Thank you so much for the beautiful footage that you have presented in this video! So often we see such sad and dismal events happening in the African nation but this video brought Sunlit Rainbows of color, Glory and Spiritual Oneness with the Creator! I want to go to this place before I die, I knew Africa had some beautiful places but this one's got to be the best!

this is SOOO BEAUTIFUL much LOVE to my ancestors

Really insightful documentary

Thanks for sharing this.

I like the way he communicates his respect for the people and their land.

What I'm seeing in this documentary it doesn't surprise me at all because when I was younger I've experienced all types of traditional meditation in my native village in the Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩 and I'm proud of being an African despite the fact that I was born and raised in England 🇬🇧.

Camera cannot catch spirits. Save your roots and native culture.

Good job, I enjoyed my first viewing and shall in time have seconds. Having connections with Ghana I can appreciate the richness and darkness of the region. Again many thanks to all concerned.

Well done sir. Love my country Togo. Also go to bénin alot

Respect and honor to my ancestors that came from Africa. To see how they lived before taking to Americas to be whip and trained as animals.

As a white man from Brooklyn, who grew up in the 2nd largest Haitian community in the US, East Flatbush, I was raised Catholic, but have seen enough in my life to convince me to keep a healthy respect/fear of VooDoo.

It's amazing to have this on youtube. Great work

Good documentary we also get to know ur fellow African bros n sisters as well as their culture n way of living❤️💯

When are we going to stop calling our "Kidnapped" ancestors, slaves?. We didn't come from any Slavic eastern European country.

I love it bro 👌👌 From Ghana 😍🤩😍😍

I love Africa and all the people here great spiritual life

wow... impressive !!!

The people will NEVER reveal true practices to this outsider. We don't.

I'm very offended at how the PEOPLE, FAMILIES, MEN , WOMEN AND CHILDREN were referred to as slaves. THEY WERE NOT SLAVES, THEY WERE STOLEN AND MADE INTO SLAVES IF THEY SURVIVED.

They are Yoruba people of Benin and Togo. Proudly Yoruba man from Nigeria.

You are fantastic. Please keep up the excellent work. Bless the people

This documentary is point on, I am from Haiti and my ancestors were slaves from Benin coast, we still practice the righteous religion of Voodou

I did my ancestry DNA and Benin and Togo were one of the countries that popped up, I also practice voodoo. This video is everything 🙌🏾 😍 ❤

I think this was truly well done! Thank you for this

Really Informative And beautiful culture.

I love ❤ 😍 this documentary ❤ ♥

People Just Chilling And He Talking Bout Beautiful Chaos cant make this Up 😭😭😂😂

Amazing. Respect ✊🏾.

So amazing video

Africa 🌍 we're really blessed 🙌

Thank you for your time with this beautiful culture and land

This is good spiritual... Amazing I'm very interested

I've been born in East Texas country, USA. To date it still ponders me know they keep traveling to a magical and amazing lands of our people and yet, they keep coming so they can study us and use our ancestors gifts for their benefits in this land and they play dumb and make fun our ancestors ways..yet, they have a history of deception and evil that lives in their bloodline. Like their ancestors did have ways for them..WOW. I'm thankful for the richest of Beloved people who still live the way we should..im watching in September 21 2022. May our ancestors always guide and luv us always...we will complete the cycle of life we are ONE..

cool. doccy but I dont like the way he points the camera in some people's faces. imagine someone comes into your village and points a camera in your face...

Are Arab slave traders also involved ?

Thank you fort this. My ancestors are from Benin and Togo. I would never have seen this land were it not for this video. Let's never forget that those slaves were not TAKEN from the shores, but DELIVERED to vessels from those shores, as slavery was then and is now flourishing in Africa more than anywhere else on Earth. It was the British who put an end to western slavery; threatening an end to trade with Barberry states if they didn't relinquish slavery

I love the music 🎶

It would have been good for him to see and don't allowed him taken pictures at all. Because this the same way they had stolen our products and our spirituality power. If he go to Romenia where almost all EU countries vampire academy had settled, no one is allowed inside the castles or taking any pictures. Did Africans asked themselves why?. Not all. The photographer said seen the community leaders and spiritual leader together resembles the red Indians or the Maya in South America, and the guide answered him a small world. The fact is they're one people, those in South America are the lost tribes during the exodus going to the promised land after crossed the red sea. Even though they are far apart from each other yet their culture remains the same. The mistakes the Africans are still doing is that all EU, foreign investors must take oaths by those spiritual priest before allowed them to operate in the continent, everyone will see how they doing and putting things in place instead of reaping or just stealing from Africa continent. It's time for Africa continent to respect their culture and protect it deeply!🤞🏾

"Departed"...NO: TAKEN!

Thank you 🙏

I am 7% Benin and Togo. I love their culture but I'm American so I can't get jiggy with everything other than the dancing. I loved every second of that, I can't dance to save my life but I love to dance. I'd dance with them from sunrise to sundown. What a Beautiful and scary/shocking tribe.

Beautiful people with a great culture. You are all descendants of Oramfe, Obatala, Orunmila and Oduduwa. Your ancestors home is in Ile-Ife, Yorubaland. Although, European might have used deceit to separate us but the spirit still connects together. Soonest when Yoruba Nation will emerged from Nigeria, referendum would be conducted either you still want to come home and be part of Yoruba Nation.

11:36 I’m so happy to be able to understand what he said. Truly put a smile on my face. Proud to be African

How much beautiful can this photographer make it...("look"")? When you see beauty ..you very well know it.... It's forever BEEN BEAUTIFUL 🌹....Mr photographer just snap your best shuts....

Wonderful presentation thanks . Greetings from James J in Limerick city Ireland

Learning a lot from this Documentary

Sir have respect for the elders

The last part is crazy too

Exquisite

Being an initiate myself, it annoys me when I see foreigners go to our homelands and disrespect us. Our people don't see it as disrespect as they're highly welcoming. We don't go to Europe and Americas poke-nosing into their religious & political affairs. I don't hate them, but I hate what they do.

I love how vibrant colors are in this upload. Such a scenic view ,looks great. Impressive video.....thanks for sharing!!!!

I'm togolese and i love this video

You used a very sensational popular Ethiopian traditional flute music as back ground!!👍🏽

The guard is well informed and structured… great narrative. I think they were given too much access

Africans should tell their own stories and avoid those who come in to exploit them, having no full knowledge and understanding of their traditional culture. Some of the expressions, verbal and photographic, being used here shows an intent to market videos and hard copies.

Thankyou

I mean the first part but after I love ❤️ thank you 🙏

My Boy Said He been traveling for 30 years ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ but he never went to Africa stop Lying

Very impressive and stunning coulture of West Africa. Thanks TRACKS, you bring to me new and fascinating knowledge about places, i never can visit....

love from East Africa Africa

Artistic indeed .. hope they won’t start selling them . Please let’s keep our preserve our culture. Africa is real and beautiful 😻