Stage 1, 4 January
Porto-Novo
Entering history through the capital of traditions
This is where the journey to my roots begins.
Why this stage matters in the search for our roots
Before searching for what happened to our ancestors, let us discover who they were.
Porto-Novo asks the first of the six questions of the journey: who were they? Before the Atlantic rupture, there were peoples, families, cultures and spiritualities. The journey starts with them.
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What we will discover
The Vodoun Museum
Vodoun approached as a living cultural and spiritual heritage.
Bayol square
The Kpakliyao temple
The city's architectural and colonial heritage
The Kalọ̀ sí ilé® experience
I begin to search
We enter the city with local guides who tell it from the inside. We listen before we look.
First encounters, first questions: the Roots Passport starts to fill up.
Highlight
Discovering the Vodoun Museum, a first approach to a living heritage, with respect for the communities.
What the traveller takes home
A first answer to the question that guides the whole journey: who were they?
Porto-Novo is not only the starting point of the journey. It is the beginning of a reconnection.
What if the return began here?