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Baron la Croix at the Heart of Vodou

At the Alliance française des Cayes, anthropologist Frantz Alix Lubin and Professor Frantz Dérival dedicated a lecture to the Gédés, those psychopomps that guide souls to the afterlife.

Par Elien Pierre
06 Nov 2026 — Lecture : 5 min.
Baron la Croix at the Heart of Vodou

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In the lead-up to the Gédés festival that marks each beginning of November in the Haitian spiritual calendar, the Alliance française des Cayes opened its multipurpose hall on Saturday, October 31, 2026, for a lecture with a title as enigmatic as it is inviting: "Baron-la-Croix and the Psychopomps: a brief overview in the mirror-world of Haitian vodou." Two voices, two approaches, one common ground: that of death, the soul, and their passage.

A mirror-world, accompanying spirits

For Frantz Alix Lubin, anthropologi

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