Baron La Croix ( ht, Bawon Lakwa), is one of the Gede, a

lwa ( ), also called loa or loi, are spirits in the African diasporic religion of Haitian Vodou. They have also been incorporated into some revivalist forms of Louisiana Voodoo. Many of the lwa derive their identities in part from deities venerate ...

of the dead and sexuality,Torres, Rafael Agustí. "Loas y Vèvès del Vudú", p. 15 (in Spanish) along with

Baron Samedi Baron Samedi ( en, Baron Saturday), also written Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi or Bawon Sanmdi, is one of the lwa of Haitian Vodou. He is a lwa of the dead, along with Baron's numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix and Ba ...

and

Baron Cimetière Baron Cimetière is one of the Gede, a spirit of the dead, along with Baron Samedi and Baron La Croix Baron La Croix ( ht, Bawon Lakwa), is one of the Gede, a lwa of the dead and sexuality,Torres, Rafael Agustí. "Loas y Vèvès del Vudú", ...

in Vodou. He is syncretized with

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. Baron La Croix is also known as Azagon Lacroix.

Worship

Baron La Croix is often seen wearing a black tailcoat and carrying an elaborate cane, and is considered suave and sophisticated, 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. Baron La Croix (also called Bawon Lakwa) accepts the colors purple and black. 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, as long as it equates to 21 when presenting the offering; when presenting the rum and hot peppers, the bottle is usually left open. 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.

References

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