Egungun is a Vodun community in the West African country of Benin, which worships the ancestors. The members believe that their spirits watch over their descendants on earth and - depending on the amount of attention they are given - punish or reward them. The spirits can be invited to appear physically in the body of the Egungun. In this form they can punish the wrong-doings of the village, like supernatural inquisitors. According to popular belief, touching them, even by accident, is fatal.

Jean-Claude Moschetti (b. 1967, France) has published as a freelance photographer in newspapers such as Le Figaro, Le Monde and Libération. He photographed members of the secret Egungun society in Porto Novo, the capital of Benin.