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

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, in a black bowler hat, morning coat and goggles. In an ...

There, they evoke 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 blend of African ...

which combine elements of Christianity and voodoo practices. In the center of the downtown cemetery, where a large black cross had been installed to represent "Baron Samedi," the spirit of death, ...

Baron Samedi erupting from the earth and laughing them to hell – was a film, voodoo not vodou, and that the nocebo effect might reset my brain. “What kind of stuff?” I asked. “I mean ...

Holder played iconic top-hatted voodoo villain Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die - the first of the James Bond movies to star Roger Moore. Geoffrey Richard Holder was born in Port of Spain ...

The last we see of Baron Samedi, the enigmatic henchman seen in 1973's Live And Let Die, he is riding the front of a train, laughing maniacally as any good voodoo trickster god should. It's worth ...

Holder played Punjab in the 1982 film version of ‘Annie’, and the top-hatted voodoo villain Baron Samedi in ‘Live and Let Die’ Geoffrey Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor ...

a Caribbean-themed musical in which he first played Baron Samedi. A top-hatted spirit of death in Haitian Voodoo culture, the character made full use of the actor's imposing physique and physical ...