Baron Samedi
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For other uses, see Baron Samedi (disambiguation).
Baron Samedi (English: Baron Saturday), also written Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi or Bawon Sanmdi, is one of the lwa of Haitian Vodou. He is a lwa of the dead, along with Baron's numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix and Baron Criminel.
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Quick Facts Loa of the Death and Fertility, Venerated in ...
Baron Samedi | |
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Loa of the Death and Fertility | |
Venerated in | Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, Folk Catholicism |
Feast | November 2 |
Attributes | Rum, cigar, top hat, glasses with missing lens |
Patronage | Death, tombs, gravestones, cemeteries, dead relatives, obscenities, healing, smoking, drinking, disruption, spirits |
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He is the head of the Gede family of lwa; his brothers are Azagon Lacroix and Baron Piquant. He is sometimes identified with Guede Nibo.[1]