Dr. Judy Rosenthal, a professor in the Anthroplogy Department, recorded a religous ritual during July of 1996. This ritual, called a twinning ceremony, was held in a village near Lome in the country of Togo, which is in Africa. A set of twinning dolls which are used in the ceremony. Dietary taboos are those things which a person with a certain kpoli cannot eat.
Totemic beings can be a combination of animals, plants, and mythical or legendary characters.
They can also be forces of nature such as lightining, thunder, or rainbows. The elder, or Tobokono, must be accompanied during the ceremony by women who have givenbirth to twins. Local children, especially twins, are also invited to take part in the twinning ceremony. Although Gangbe is not a twin himself, his kpoli, or Afa life sign, includes the Vodu spirit of twins. The ritual will reinscribe his connection to the spirits that bring twins into the world.