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Hmong families who had been resettled in areas like Fresno, California and Philadelphia soon joined relatives in North Carolina. [4] The Hmong were drawn to the mountainous part of Western North Carolina due to its geographic similarity to Laos. [4] Additionally, many found manufacturing work at sites around the region. [3]
Hmong music is an important part of the culture of the Hmong people, an ethnic group from southeast Asia. Because the Hmong language is tonal, there is a close connection between Hmong music and the spoken language. Music is an important part of Hmong life, played for entertainment, for welcoming guests, and at weddings and funerals.
Hymns for Today's Church, Jubilate Hymns (1982) – predominantly evangelical Anglican; Keswick Hymn Book, Marshall, Morgan & Scott (1938) Hymns Selected and Original for the use of Teachers and Scholars or The Sunday School Union Hymn Book, pub. John Heaton of Leeds, ed. John Peele Clapham (1833, many editions, and now online)
The majority of the people who converted to Christianity at that time were the Khmu and the Hmong people who spoke Green Hmong. [3] They accepted their first convert in 1950. By March 1951, 2,300 Laotian Hmong had converted to Christianity; four years later the number was 5,000.
For followers of traditional Hmong spirituality, the shaman, a healing practitioner who acts as an intermediary between the spirit and material world, is the main communicator with the otherworld, able to see why and how someone got sick. The Hmong view healing and sickness as supernatural processes linked to cosmic and local supernatural forces.
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Hmong Today (Xov-Xwm Hmoob) is an American nationwide newspaper documenting the news and culture of the Hmong American community. [1] It is published biweekly and based in St. Paul, Minnesota. [2] The publisher of the newspaper is Sang Moua [3] and the president of the company is Sy Vang. [4]