Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2021/Benin

Wiki Loves Folklore (Meta-Wiki: Wiki Loves Folklore) is an annual international photographic contest organized annually on Wikimedia Commons to document folk cultures in different regions of the world. The origin of the project started in 2018 from Commons:Wiki Loves Love 2019 in the theme of ceremonies and festivals of love. In 2021, Benin will participate for the first time to this contest.

Scope

This photography contest is focused on folk culture from Benin on categories, such as, but not limited to, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology etc.

Prizes

1st prize: 150 USD
2nd prize: 100 USD
3rd prize: 50 USD
Best Wikipedia contributor: 50 USD

How to participate?

Photo contest

To participate:

use the upload button on this page to access the upload form
select your photos
complete title, description, ...
choose Benin in the countries list

Wikipedia contest

To participate:

add your username in the participants section.
choose an existing article or create a new one closed to the theme.
write your article / translate / expand and don't forget to add references
add the hashtags #WLF2021BJ, #FF2021BJ to your Edit summary.
add the created or expanded articles on the suitable column of the participants list.

Timeline

February 1^st – February 28^th, 2021
Start for submissions: February 1^st, 2021 00:01 (UTC)
Deadline for submissions: February 28^th, 2021 23:59 (UTC)
Results Declaration: Declared on March 15^th, 2021.

Theme

This year Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women biographies and gender focused-topics for the project in league with Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus with folk culture theme on Wikipedia.

Folklore - around the world, including, but not limited to folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, fairy tales, folk plays, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, etc.

Women in folklore- includes but is not limited to, women and queer personalities in folklore, folk culture (folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklores, witches and witch hunting, fairytales and more).

Examples of photos

What we won’t accept?

Pornographic and explicit images, artwork due to copyrights issues, etc.

Participants

National jury

Winners

There will be 3 winning pictures, 1^st price, 2^nd price and 3^rd price pictures.

Quand le folklore et la tradiction regroupe un peuple.
Photographe : FiossifrejusduBénin
Le Folklore dans sa splendeure.
Photographe : FiossifrejusduBénin
Bénin et sa culture.
Photographe : FiossifrejusduBénin