 Info: | wikipedia | flickr |
| Capital: | Porto-Novo |
| Currency: | Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States |
| Languages:French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) | |
| Population: | 7,250,033 |
| Area: | 112,620 |
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My neighbors butcher the goat on the Muslim holiday, Tabaski (the equivilant to Christmas, sans Papa Noel and all the presents)
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Oldest man in village (a village within the commune of Kerou) gives me a pintard at the end of my visit
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a visit to a nearby village where there lives the great grandfather of my two friends, Felicity and Esperance.
From right: village woman, Felicity, Great grandfather, & Esperance
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Constant, my French Tutor wrapped in my mother's scarf. and Souris is amused
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I went to the Tabaski prayer service...all women must cover their heads. so i did...
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