In the melting pot of cultures in the United States‚ Hmong people are among the most misunderstood and enigmatic ethnic groups. Throughout history‚ during the most uneasy and difficult time‚ when Laos experienced civil war in the 1950s and 1960s‚ the Hmong sided with the government‚ fearing a communist regime would disrupt their independence. The Vietnam War resulted in the Hmong to siding with the United States to oppose Vietnamese and Laotian communists‚ lose a huge percent of their population
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Ritual is defined as a prescribed formal behavior for occasions not given over technological routine‚ having reference to beliefs in mystical beings or powers (Turner‚ 1962‚ p.19). One of my family rituals in my culture is soul calling and string-tying known in the Hmong culture as Hu Plig Khi Tes. This ritual is originated with my family by passed down from one generation to another throughout many generations. It is a health-like ritual often performed for a family member who is recovering for
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study of cross cultural medicine holds a significant value in all profession. The book chronicles the vast cultural differences between mainstream Americans and the Hmong‚ and how language and cultural barriers affected Lia ’s treatment. To understand the Lees we really need to understand the Hmong culture. Personally‚ as a Hmong American‚ I have always felt caught between two worlds trying to figure out where I stand in my own beliefs about the Hmong’s concept of illness and spiritual healing
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medicine and Hmong culture.” —The New Yorker “This fine book recounts a poignant tragedy…It has no heroes or villains‚ but it has an abundance of innocent suffering‚ and it most certainly does have a moral…[A] sad‚ excellent book.” —Melvin Konner‚ The New York Times Book Review “An intriguing‚ spirit-lifting‚ extraordinary exploration of two cultures in uneasy coexistence…A wonderful aspect of Fadiman’s book is her even-handed‚ detailed presentation of these disparate cultures and divergent
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Catches You And You Fall Down In ‘The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down’‚ Lia‚ a Hmong baby girl‚ is born to a Hmong family living in California as refugees away from their war torn land in Laos. In Laos the Lee’s where farmers and lived in the country according to their Hmong traditions and beliefs. In California they barely understood the language‚ much less Western culture or medicinal practices. In Hmong tradition‚ illness was seen as a spiritual problem rather than a physical problem and
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Ethnographic Research Paper: French Culture A common saying goes like this‚ "You cannot judge a book by its cover." This saying may have many meanings‚ but to a social and cultural anthropologist‚ it signifies that no-one should pre-judge others on their values‚ beliefs and interests just by their appearance. In order to understand and be familiar with a culture‚ one has to perform a series of ethnographic research from fieldwork‚ participant observation‚ ethnology to something as accessible as
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Hmong is a language spoken by about four million people around the world‚ most commonly in northern Thailand‚ Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Burma/Myanmar‚ and parts of China. According to hmongculture.net‚ “About five percent of those speaking the Hmong Language actually reside within the United States speaking this and English fluently in certain cities around the country.” This statistic demonstrates the fact that the Hmong language is in danger of possibly becoming almost extinct. Learning about the Hmong language
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him and his son’s family that Walt struggles with. Walt also struggles with the Hmong people have recently immigrated into his neighborhood. Thao‚ Walt’s teenage Hmong neighbor caused some initial issues but in the end Walt developed a strong and respectful relationship with the entire family. These two unique worlds diffused together and demolished any stereotypes or misconceptions between the characters after the Hmong family demonstrates Salin’s four steps. Walt’s acceptance of the cultural and
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what I was going to read about. I learned many new concepts on the culture of Hmong and their views. A brief section of the book also was about how they came to America and the experiences they had while doing so. I learned that there was a secret war in Laos that caused a tragedy among the Hmong people leaving them to abandon their homes in the mountains. Another impression I learned from the book is that Hmong are set in their culture and have many different views on certain phrases‚ items or ideas
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What I will be covering in my paper is how communication was the biggest role in what happened to Lia. If Lia’s parents better understood the doctors it could have prevented a lot of things. But however‚ if the American Doctors knew about the Hmong people’s culture‚ language and the Lee’s thoughts on what was going on with Lia it also could have been prevented a lot. The Lee’s thought the reason why Lia was sick was because her sister slammed the door too loud and it caused her soul to leave her body
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