by kristo Nicolas

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NI-BHO

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Ni-Bho Ghede Ni-Bho or Nibo was a handsome young man who was killed violently. After death, he was adopted as a spirit or Lwa by Baron Samedi (Hades) and Maman Brigitte (Persephone) and became a leader of the spirits of the dead. Envisioned as an effeminate, nasal dandy, Nibo wears a black riding coat or drag. When he inhabits humans they are inspired to lascivious sexuality of all kinds. Ghede Nibo is considered a great healer, carrying a bottle of white rum infused with medicinal herbs. He often also carries a staff and smokes a cigar. Nibo is the special patron of those who die young, and as such is often conflated with the Catholic saint Gerard Majella. Purple is considered his sacred color. Until recently, Haitian farmers would perform a praise song to Ghede Nibo each November. It involved phallic thrusts and other erotic gestures.

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