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if you're wondering what the hell I'm
doing naked in some forest in Togo
I'll explain but we need to go to ours
back in time our journey here in Togo
starts in the moksha the fetish or
fetish market but fetish isn't something
sexual here let's find out what the
total is fetish is developer Africa only
just here that we call it the fetish
market
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fetish is an object that is used in
animistic religion and carries a magical
power
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it's usually animals heads skin or even
whole animals these animals are crushed
until powder and mixed with herbs a sick
person takes a bath in this disgusting
mixture that should heal him
voodoo is the most common and a mystic
religion practiced in Togo literally
anything needed for the voodoo rituals
can be found here in the Aqua de sel
market located in the outskirts of the
capital city
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I bought this little thingie that is
supposed to be a travel protector you
whisper your travel wish inside the hole
you close it and open it only after your
successful journey animal parts are also
used for protection of a certain place
you put a monkey's head on an iron stick
like this and nobody will ever rub your
house at least in Togo
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we've just found out there is a sacred
Buddha forest a few kilometers from here
and we're gonna have a look but before
please protect me on my way to the
forest and don't let the crazy motorbike
drivers have an accident we're good
so we are at the entrance of the sacred
forest of Bay the thing is we cannot
enter with our shoes with our t-shirt
and with our pants well my girlfriend is
half naked though the whole street was
looking at her while she was getting
undressed let's go my customers
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as you can see before entering the
spiritual side the women are doing this
strange noise with their fingers it's
because they need to greet the fetishes
and they're saying that they are coming
to the spiritual side that's the
explanation I'm at the very first
spiritual side of this forest as you can
see there are two little huts behind me
inside these huts there are a lot of
fetishes so scorpions reptiles monkey
nobody can enter these Hut's all the
people are praying outside there's also
alcohol for the gods so I guess they're
always having a good time
a lot of centipedes here
this is another holy place this one
particularly is for ill people so if
you're ill or sick you come here and you
pray under this blanket there are a lot
of fetishes scorpions pets of monkeys
dogs cats and so on
very strange this is a well with
drinkable water for all the people that
are doing their rituals here to be
honest I'm a bit disappointed with these
holy and spiritual sites most of them
look like sites for homeless people
anyway I will not complain anymore
as I don't want to be punished by the
fetish gods so we'll be leaving this
mystical forest soon I think I will not
convert to animism anyway it's been a
really interesting experience but now
it's time for some beer and Togolese
food
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