Baron Cimetière
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Baron Cimetière | |
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| Lwa and Guardian of the Cemetery | |
| Venerated in | Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, Folk Catholicism |
| Attributes | Black tailcoat and top hat, cigar, bottle of wine |
| Patronage | Death, cemeteries, protection from grave desecration |
Baron Cimetière is one of the Gede, a spirit of the dead, along with Baron Samedi and Baron La Croix in Vodou. He is said to be the guardian of the cemetery, protecting its graves.[1][2]
He wears a tuxedo with tails and a top hat. He has expensive taste, smoking cigars and drinking wine and fine liquor. He is just as crass as the other Gede, but shows polite manners and an upper-class air while doing so.[2]
Other manifestations
[edit]Brave Gede is the doorman between the world of the living and the afterlife, guardian of the cemetery gate. He keeps the dead in and the living out.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Baron Samedi, Haitian Loa and Voodoo - article". 15 October 2013.
- ^ a b c Torres, Rafael Agustí. "Loas y Vèvès del Vudú", p. 14 (in Spanish)
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