Jump to content

File:20170319-2017 A630465 (33680835826).jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (6,000 × 4,000 pixels, file size: 14.24 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description The temple is facing the Ouidah’s Roman Catholic basilica. The adoration of pythons started after a war that took place in 1717 when the kingdom of Dahomey still existed. At the time Ouidah (Formerly called Houeda) wasn’t part of the kingdom of Benin and during that war, Ouidah was defeated. King Kpassè, ruler of the kingdom of Ouidah, fled the town and took refuge in a big forest in order to not be captured by the notorious Ghézo warriors who were seating for him. The legend has it that during the search, many pythons started to come out of the forest therefore protecting king Kpassè of Ouidah from his capture. They are revered by the locals to this day. - Ouidah, Benin
Date
Source 20170319-2017_A630465
Author Dan Sloan

Licensing

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by dantoujours at https://flickr.com/photos/27538113@N00/33680835826. It was reviewed on 1 September 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

1 September 2017

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

19 March 2017

image/jpeg

261805ce5749b58c0725abdcd8b4b25d5735927d

14,933,677 byte

4,000 pixel

6,000 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:11, 1 September 2017Thumbnail for version as of 20:11, 1 September 20176,000 × 4,000 (14.24 MB)Ser Amantio di NicolaoTransferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons

The following page uses this file:

Metadata