Video. Masked performers fill Porto-Novo streets in Benin festival
- Updated: 27/07/2026 - 15:15 GMT+2 Thousands gather in Porto-Novo for Benin's Mask Festival, celebrating ancestral traditions with colourful costumes, dances and masks.
- Thousands of people gathered in Porto-Novo for the third annual Benin Mask Festival, where performers in elaborate wooden masks and colourful costumes danced through the streets to the beat of drums.
- Spectators lined the route as traditional performances brought ancestral customs and Beninese culture to life.
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- Updated: 27/07/2026 - 15:15 GMT+2 Thousands gather in Porto-Novo for Benin's Mask Festival, celebrating ancestral traditions with colourful costumes, dances and masks.
- Thousands of people gathered in Porto-Novo for the third annual Benin Mask Festival, where performers in elaborate wooden masks and colourful costumes danced through the streets to the beat of drums.
- Spectators lined the route as traditional performances brought ancestral customs and Beninese culture to life.
Sources: Euronews