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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 ...
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.
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.
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. “Like ...
Hmong culture is centered around legends, the religion of shamans, souls, high regard for ancestors, and the many rituals and ceremonies the Hmong perform. Women's social life and status is often a direct result of the completion of and attendance at the proper rituals and ceremonies.
The main reason the funeral rituals are performed is so that the dead will be reborn into the same family. If the rituals are not performed properly the Hmong fear that the soul will be punished by returning as a lesser form or in a different family (Tapp 84). One ritual that must be completed is the payment of the deceased debts.
Hmong New Year is the biggest holiday of the year in Hmong culture, Vue said. Traditionally, the Hmong are agriculturalists and the new year celebrates the end of the harvest.
There is a ritual on the eve of the New Year, in which an Iu Mien family will prepare an offering to their ancestor gods such as a shaman chanting and offering incense, pig, paper, and firewood for the ritual. After the offering by a shaman is over, a pig will be cooked and made into a variety of dishes, and family members, cousins, relatives ...