A loa or spirit intermediary between creator-god BONDYE and humans, he represents the dead and is the loa of resurrection. He has numerous alternative incarnations, including Baron La Croix, Baron Cimetiere and Baron Kriminel. His Christian incarnation is St Martin of Porres. He heads the Guede family of loa and is married to Maman Brigitte. A flamboyant and malevolent character, he is usually depicted as a skeleton dressed in a top hat and tails, dark glasses, and cotton corpse-plugs in his nostrils. He speaks in a nasal voice and sits at the crossroads of life and death, often smoking a cigar and drinking rum. His attributes are disruption, obscenity and debauchery
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