Benin's Tourism and Culture Minister Ange N'Koue presents the Special Contribution Award to Wei Jun, cultural counselor at the Chinese embassy in Benin and head of the Benin China Cultural Center, Jan ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday held the ancient Ekasa dance in honour of his late mother, Iyoba Omo N’ikuoyemwen, who died 49 years ago. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ekasa, a ...

Locals wearing costumes perform mask dance during an annual festival in Ouidah, Benin, Dec. 10, 2023.(Photo: Xinhua) A local wearing costumes performs mask dance during an annual festival in Ouidah, ...

A procession of the Ekasa dancers will dance across various Queen mothers’ traditional worship sites, including Iyoba Ikuoyemwen’s statue at Five Junction in Benin. Oba Ewuare II Oba Ewuare II, the ...

Cotonou, Benin — Benin's sixth National Festival of Traditional Rhythms and Dance (FENRYDA) opens 7 April in Cotonou, the festival's initiator, Franck Megnassan, has announced. Marked since 1996, the ...

Cotonou, Benin — Some 10 traditional ballet and dance groups are participating in Benin's third National Festival of Traditional Rhythms and Dance which started Saturday and ends on 15 April at the ...

THE installation rites of the Oba of Benin continued yesterday with the Ogbelaka and Eguadase groups commencing a special spiritual dance, called Ekassa, on their way to the Usama Palace where the ...

COTONOU - With drums, dancing and tears, Benin on Wednesday welcomed back nearly 30 royal treasures looted from the West African state during France's colonial rule more than 130 years ago. The ...

The Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom and Edaiken N’Uselu, Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, yesterday performed some dance steps that dazzled his subjects. Music was provided by the Isiemwenro Guild, also ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has frowned at a dance by a groom, Izoduwa Imasuen, at his traditional wedding ceremony in which the groom and his men danced and twirled the traditional Eben (Royal ...

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Benin's President Patrice Talon (R) take part in the signing of an agreement about the return of looted cultural artefacts to the African country, at the ...