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enlarged map
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Shaman, txiv neeb.
Hmong Shaman
txiv neeb


Hmong shaman's cymbal.
Hmong shaman's symbol
Txiab neeb

Hmong flag.

Hmong

 

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Hmong altar.
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thaj neeb

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Highly Recommended:

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman (NY: Farrar, Strauss and Biroux, 1977).

Anne Fadiman
NY: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1997.

Lia Lee is a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy,
whose family believes her seizure was caused by the slamming of a door by an older sister,
which caused Lia's soul to flee her body and the soul became lost to a dab.

dab, a spirit, is pronounced "da"
txiv neeb, a Hmong shaman, is pronounced "tsi neng"
(pp. 291-292)

 

Hmong girl.
Hmong girl

Dark Sky, Dark Land by David L. Moore.

David L. Moore
Eden Prairie, MN: Tessera, 1989

 

    • The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman (NY: Farrar, Strauss and Biroux, 1977).

Anne Fadiman
NY: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1997.

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