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Ben Vue started the television program in 1993. It was the first television channel established to serve the Hmong American community. As of 2003 the program airs on Saturday nights, with 15,000 to 20,000 viewers per airing. Because many Hmong originated from a non-literate culture, television is used to reach many of the Hmong population.
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.
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.
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, to which are added prayers for families and individuals (1834) [257] Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions (1838) [258] Church of the Lutheran Confession. The Lutheran Hymnal (1941)
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]
Studies done within the Hmong American communities show that many Hmong continue to consult shamans for their health concerns. A household always has a sacred wallpaper altar (a Thaj Neeb made of Xwmkab) in which when the shaman comes, he/she performs the ritual in front of it. Domestic worshipping is usually also done in front of this. This ...
The religion is also called Hmongism by a Hmong American church established in 2012 to organize it among Hmong people in the United States. [ 2 ] This practice has a blend of animistic theology, [ 3 ] the respect between people and natural land spirits, and the understanding of the spirituality that are understood by Miao peoples.
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