Togo's sacred Voodoo stone augers year of peace and prosperity
"The stone can be several colours: white, a symbol of peace and prosperity; sky blue, a sign of abundant food crops; or red, heralding a year of famine, war and misfortune," said Wlomo Nomo Combietey VIII Nii Labite, guardian of the sacred wood."The white stone heralds a year of purity, peace and prosperity," the priest proclaimed from a small podium.
As every year for the past three-and-a-half centuries, several hundred people, the majority Voodoo priests and priestesses, gathered in Glidji-Kpodji Square, near the southern city of Aneho, to witness the emergence of the stone, known as "Ekpessosso.
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