Songs and dances are a part of the social fabric of Benin and celebrate joyous events such as festivals, childbirth, rites of passage, or occasions of sorrow such as mourning of the dead.
Benin excites everybody's love for the mysterious and unfamiliar with its title, ‘the cradle of voodoo’ but it is hardly the place to visit for historical or architectural splendours.
This is a list of rivers in Benin. This list is arranged west to east by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.