Hmong New Year traditions in the U.S. recall ancestral spirits while teaching new generations

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. She carried them across the Mekong River as the family fled the Communist takeover of her native Laos four decades…#meevangyang #mekongriver #communist #laos #hmong #hmongamericans #shamans #tzianengvang #vangyang #minnesota
Source: Reuters: Health - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news