Initiation rites in Gabon : Iboga & Bwiti (34 images)

GABON. Images of a Bwiti and Iboga initiation. Bwiti is a religious initiation ceremony performed by the Mitsogo and Fang people of Gabon, using the hallucinogenic rootbark of the Tabernanthe iboga plant to induce a spiritual enlightenment and to solve problems of a spiritual nature. For more and more occidental peopple, it is also an alternative way to salve problems of drugs dependancy.