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Late fall is the most spiritual time of the year in traditional Hmong culture. There are centuries-old celebrations for the post-harvest “new year," brought from Southeast Asia which the Hmong
For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells.
Late fall is the most spiritual time of the year in traditional Hmong culture. For many elders and spiritual leaders, it's critical that these traditions — brought from Southeast Asia which the Hmong had to flee after helping the U.S. in the Vietnam War — be passed on to the diaspora youth.
Late fall is the most spiritual time of the year in traditional Hmong culture.
Late fall is the most spiritual time of the year in traditional Hmong culture. There are centuries-old celebrations for the post-harvest “new year," brought from Southeast Asia which the Hmong had to flee after helping the United States in the Vietnam War. They include calling back the household souls, renewing shamans’ healing spirits and eating 30 different dishes while wearing new embroidered clothes. For many Hmong elders and spiritual leaders, it’s critical that these animistic traditions be passed on to the diaspora youth. “You preserve it here, or you have n...