Baron La Croix

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Baron La Croix (Haitian Creole: Bawon Lakwa), is one of the Guédé, a loa of the dead and sexuality,^[1] along with Baron Samedi and Baron Cimetière in Vodou. He is syncretized with Saint Expeditus. Baron La Croix is always known as azagon lakwa. A not so known fact is Baron La Croix is Baron Samedi brother. It’s unknown which spirit is older but they are indeed related.

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Baron La Croix is often seen wearing a black tailcoat and carrying an elaborate cane. He is the ultimate suave and sophisticated spirit of death - quite cultured and debonair. He has an existential philosophy about death, finding death's reason for being both humorous and absurd. Baron La Croix is the extreme expression of individuality and offers the reminder of delighting in life's pleasures.^[1] Baron La Croix (also called Bawon Lakwa) accepts the colors purple and black, so a purple cloth and black candle would be appropriate or a black cloth and purple candle whichever you have at the moment will do . He enjoys two servings of coffee, one sweetened with only sugar, and one bitter. He also accepts rum infused with 21 scotch bonnet peppers or any hot pepper you can find, as long as it equates to 21 when presenting the offering. When presenting the rum and hot peppers, leave the top off of the bottle . He also eats hot peppers by themselves as an offering. Bawon Lakwa takes incense and cigarettes as offerings as well. While making a petition to him, he enjoys his cigarettes lit and on the altar. Baron Lakwa’s associated day of the week is Monday.

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