EGUNGUN (Benin, 2007)
Egungun is a Vodun community in the West African country of Benin, which worships the ancestors. The members believe that their spirits watch over their descendants on earth and – depending on the amount of attention they are given – punish or reward them. The spirits can be invited to appear physically in the body of the Egungun. In this form they can punish the wrong-doings of the village, like supernatural inquisitors. According to popular belief, touching them, even by accident, is fatal.
