Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Baron Samedi is the leader of the Gede, loa with particular links to magic, ancestor worship and death. [6] These lesser spirits are dressed like The Baron and are as rude and crude but not nearly as charming as their master.
Maman Brigitte (English: Mother Brigitte) sometimes also written as Manman Brigitte and also known by Gran Brigitte, Grann Brigitte, Manman, Manman Brigit, and Maman Brijit is a death loa (or lwa) and the consort of Baron Samedi in Haitian Vodou. She drinks rum infused with hot peppers and is symbolized by a black rooster. [1]
The Gede (French: Guede) are the family of lwa, spirits or deities associated with Ancestor worship in Haitian Vodou, that represent the powers of death and fertility.They are often said to be found at burial sites, where they escort the deceased to their afterlife. [1]
Formerly human, Gede Nibo was a handsome young man who was killed violently. After death, he was adopted as a lwa by Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte. He is envisioned as an effeminate, nasal dandy. Nibo wears a black riding coat or drag. When he inhabits humans they are inspired to lascivious sexuality of all kinds. [9]
The image of the death is also associated with Exu, lord of the crossroads, who rules cemeteries and the hour of midnight. In Haitian Vodou, the Gede are a family of spirits that embody death and fertility. The most well-known of these spirits is Baron Samedi.
The veve of the lwa Baron Samedi. Although there are exceptions, most lwa names derive from the Fon and Yoruba languages. [21] New lwa are nevertheless added to those brought from Africa; [22] practitioners believe that some Vodou priests and priestesses became lwa after death, or that certain talismans become lwa. [23]
The apparent suicide of India's coffee baron V.G. Siddhartha, under investigation by tax authorities, has inflamed anger towards the government among business leaders who feel it is going too far ...
Geoffrey Lamont Holder (August 1, 1930 – October 5, 2014) was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, director, choreographer, and artist. [2] [3] He was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet before his film career began in 1957 with an appearance in Carib Gold.