Baron Samedi can usually be found at the crossroads between the worlds of death and the living. He loves smoking and drinking and is rarely seen without a cigar in his mouth or a glass of rum in his bony fingers. He is married to another powerful spirit known as Maman Brigitte, but often chases after mortal women. He is notorious for his outrageous behavior, swearing continuously and making filthy jokes to the other spirits. īaron Samedi spends most of his time in the invisible realm of vodou spirits. Additionally, he is the loa of resurrection, and in the latter capacity he is often called upon for healing by those near or approaching death, as it is only the Baron that can accept an individual into the realm of the dead.

He is noted for disruption, obscenity, debauchery, and having a particular fondness for tobacco and rum. The former President-for-Life of Haiti, François Duvalier, known as Papa Doc, modeled his cult of personality on Baron Samedi he was often seen speaking in a deep nasal tone and wearing dark glasses. He is frequently depicted as a skeleton (but sometimes as a black man that merely has his face painted as a skull), and speaks in a nasal voice. Baron Samedi is usually depicted with a top hat, black tail coat, dark glasses, and cotton plugs in the nostrils, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the Haitian style.

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