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Thumbnail map of Asia.

enlarged map
from Lonely Planet

Shaman, txiv neeb.
Hmong Shaman
txiv neeb


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

Hmong flag.

Hmong

 

Hmong story cloth.
Story Cloth

Hmong altar.
Hmong altar
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)

Lia LEe

 

Hmong girl.
Hmong girl


In the News . . .

  • religion
    • 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.

 

  • The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir


Kao Kalia Yang
Minneaplis, MN: Coffee House Press, 2008.
<http://www.kaokaliayang.com/>

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