According to Mr Chai Khue Xiong, a Hmong Australian elder who ... Chai Khue Xiong But when it come to shamanistic ritual Mr Xiong said that: When a shaman finished a shamanistic ritual in ...

Other shamans who do rituals might say that they ... Is there anything you would like to adds to Hmong rituals that are related to waxing or wanning moon? If you are planning to do something ...

I was struck then that the Hmong come from a 5000 year-old shamanic culture, but that they had suddenly lost their homeland and were then being thrown into the melting pot of American society.

This ritual, a cornerstone of traditional Hmong courtship, involves young men and women facing each other in tidy lines, tossing the ball back and forth. In my youth, it was a flirtatious exchange ...