The literary creation of Olympe Bhêly-Quenum is a real immersion in the culture of his land. This immersion in Beninese culture is observed through the presence of certain cultural practices such as vodùn rites. The present work focuses on the contribution of these vodùn rites in quenumian literary creation. It emerges from the study that Bhêly-Quenum uses vodùn rites, including the rites of birth, initiation, blood pact,etc. as means of creation, of narration, of aesthetic an ideological expression.
Keywords: rite, vodùn, culture, literary, creation.
