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{{Short description|Spirit of the dead in Haitian Vodou}}
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{{Infobox deity
| name = Baron Cimetière
| type = voodoo
| deity_of = Lwa and Guardian of the Cemetery, protection from grave desecration 
| venerated_in = [[Haitian Vodou]], [[Louisiana Voodoo]], [[Folk Catholicism]]  
| attributes = Black tailcoat and top hat, cigar, bottle of wine 
}}

'''Baron Cimetière''' is one of the [[Guédé|Gede]], a spirit of the dead, along with [[Baron Samedi]] and [[Baron La Croix]] in [[Haitian Vodun|Vodou]]. He is said to be the guardian of the cemetery, protecting its graves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://horrorpedia.com/2013/10/15/baron-samedi-and-haitian-loa-folklore-religion/|title=Baron Samedi, Haitian Loa and Voodoo - article|date=15 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Torres">Torres, Rafael Agustí. "Loas y Vèvès del Vudú", p. 14 (in Spanish)</ref>

He wears a tuxedo with tails and a top hat. He has expensive taste, smoking cigars and drinking wine and fine liquor. He is just as crass as the other Gede, but shows polite manners and an upper-class air while doing so.<ref name="Torres" />

==Other manifestations==
Brave Gede is the doorman between the world of the living and the afterlife, guardian of the cemetery gate. He keeps the dead in and the living out.<ref name="Torres" />

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[[Category:Haitian Vodou gods]]
[[Category:Death gods]]
[[Category:Liminal gods]]


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