Dancing in the street and making offerings to the Gods, voodoo practitioners ... According to Haitian folklore, when a person dies, Baron Samedi digs up their grave greets their soul and leads ...

Inside a religious Haitian soiree in Brooklyn ... the most famous of whom is Baron Samedi, known as the god of death (he is also the husband of Maman Brigitte, the goddess of death), Ms. Précil ...

Papa Doc modelled himself on a spiritual figure named Baron Samedi, a deity in Haiti's national religion of voodoo. Samedi is depicted with eerie skeleton make-up, a black tuxedo and white top ...

They return to Haiti man and wife ... ruins everything.” In voodoo lore, Baron Samedi is the chief of the legion of the dead; he is represented by a wooden cross decked out, scarecrow fashion ...

There, they lit candles and stoked small fires as they evoked the spirit Baron Samedi ... Voodoo, or Vodou as preferred by Haitians, evolved in the 17th century when colonists brought slaves to ...

I’d read enough about vodou – not racist, Westernised “voodoo” but the real ... Gede during ceremonies honouring the Haitian vodou spirit of Baron Samedi (AFP/Getty) (AFP/Getty Images ...

Welcome to Baron Samedi, a New Orleans-themed bar on Masson St. that takes its name from one of the spirits of Haitian voodoo. “We want to give the feeling that you are in a place where anything ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ... spirit Baron Samedi, guardian of the dead. Other Haitians on Sunday remembered dead relatives and asked spirits to grant favors or provide guidance. Voodoo is a ...

Baron Samedi is noted for disruption ... practices certainly not representative of Louisiana Voodoo, or its Haitian counterpart. These are the lyrics for 'Voodoo Child,' handwritten by Jimi ...

It is believed it houses the remains of the guardian of the dead, known in Haitian voodoo as Baron Samedi. However, few people ventured out to the cemetry on Friday morning after armed men were ...