See Quidah’s temple of pythons and quake! Perhaps, that is one caveat that is most apt for every first-time visitor to the cultural sanctuary luxuriating deep in the bowels of one of Benin Republic’s ...

The Temple of Pythons is a rare sacred place where religion, history, legend, and living ritual come coiling together, quite literally, which is around snakes. The temple is deeply tied to Vodun, a ...

Did you really go to Benin Republic if you didn't visit the Python temple in Ouidah? Ouidah is one of the towns in Benin Republic. In this town, pythons aren't feared but rather reverred and worshiped ...

Our readers share tales of their ramblings around the world. Who: Kevin Alexander of Alexandria, Va. Where, when, why: In December, I traveled to Benin for two weeks to study Vodun, the ancient ...