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  2. Hmong customs and culture - Wikipedia

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    In Hmong shamanism, a shaman can be a man or a woman. Typically, there is a strong chance for an individual to become a shaman if their family history contains shamans. [ 15 ] This is due to the belief that ancestral spirits, including the spirits of shamans, are reincarnated into the same family tree.

  3. Miao folk religion - Wikipedia

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    Other notable spiritual figures in Hmong legends are: The first shaman was Siv Yis ('She Yee'): [13] Hmong shamans refer to themselves as "Siv Yis" when they are in spiritual ecstasy. Chiyou (or Txiv Yawg {'Tsi Yer'}) is worshipped as an ancestral god of the Hmong nation. [14] The Hmong house is a reflection of the cosmos.

  4. Regional forms of shamanism - Wikipedia

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    The Hmong people are an ethnic group of people originating from Central China, who continue to maintain and practice Ua Neeb.Being a Hmong shaman is a vocation; their primary role is to bring harmony to the individual, their family, and their community within their environment by performing rituals, usually through trance.

  5. In the US, Hmong 'new year' recalls ancestral spirits while ...

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    During new year, which is celebrated mostly in November and December among Hmong Americans, shamans send off their spirit guides to regenerate their energy for another season of healing. Male ...

  6. Iu Mien people - Wikipedia

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    When Iu Mien priests/shamans chant, they start to tell a story of how King Pan created society, the priest/shaman laminated from King Pan and called King Pan's spirit/soul to bless so that the priest has more power to perform the ceremony well. King Pan was ahead of religion and the head of state when he was a King.

  7. Hmong people - Wikipedia

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    Shamanism • Christianity • Buddhism ... The term Hmong is the English pronunciation of the Hmong's native name. It is a singular and plural noun (e.g., Japanese ...

  8. Shamanism - Wikipedia

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    Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. [3] [4] The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way. [3]

  9. Hmong Americans have felt invisible for decades. Then along ...

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