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Guede Nibo

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Until recently, Haitian farmers would perform a praise song to Guede Nibo each November. It involved phallic thrusts and other erotic gestures and was named "Massissi", a Haitian term for a
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Baron Samedi (as the head of the Guede family of loa) is mentioned in the second novel in
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Purple is considered his sacred color, and usual offerings include black goats, black
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who is considered to be a great healer. He is seen carrying a bottle of
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Black coat, top hat, staff, cigar, rum, skull, obscenities
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Index

Ghede Nibo
Haitian Vodou
Folk Catholicism
Attributes
Patronage
Haitian Creole
lwa
Haitian Vodou
Baron Samedi
Maman Brigitte
dandy
drag
sexuality
rada lwa
white rum
medicinal herbs
cigar
Catholic
Gerard Majella
psychopomp
roosters
calabash
bird pepper
"homoerotically inclined male"
Disney villain
Dr. Facilier
The Princess and the Frog
Ian Fleming
James Bond
series of stories

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