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 ...

TWO prominent traditional groups in Benin Kingdom, the Ogbelaka and Eguadase groups, have commenced a spiritual dance called Ekassa to herald the Crown Prince of Benin, Ehenede Erediauwa to the throne ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 - 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...