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These people in their finery are vodun priests. They're in Benin, one of the West African countries where vodun - also known as voodoo - was born. The name comes from the Fon language. It means spirit.
These vodun priests, with the help of local villagers, blocked a main road across the country for more than four hours. Our Observer was stuck on a bus, and filmed what happened...
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