A Fon bocio, with tiny calabashes of medicine intended to empower the hand of the maker of this power filled charm
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A Fon bocio, with tiny calabashes of medicine intended to empower the hand of the maker of this power filled charm

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A Fon bocio, with tiny calabashes of medicine intended to empower the hand of the maker of this power filled charm, Fon religion was devoted towards spirits known as vodu, from which the term voodoo has evolved. Conceptually similar magic medicines blend Fon and Kongo influences in Haiti and Brazil. Benin Republic. Fon. Southern Benin.

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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