Analysis Of Nqi Taub Hau
Nqi Taub Hau
In a culture where the word for marriage literally means ‘buying your wife’ and nqi taub hau (translates as the price of the bride’s head) determines the worth of a bride, it is not a surprise that domestic violence is so prevalent within the Hmong community.
Panyia Vang, a 22-year-old Minnesotan Hmong woman, is the first to file a lawsuit over child sex tourism against an American Hmong man who sexually abused her as a child. The American citizen Thiawachu Prataya infiltrated her village with an alibi of needing to know the farmer’s work schedules, attaining Vang’s mobile number. Vang received no calls regarding her village’s agriculture but a call from a relative of Prataya that proposed an all-expense paid trip to the capital of Laos for a music video audition, an opportunity for Vang to fulfill her aspirations as a singer.
He conned her when she was 14 years old into travelling to Vientiane, far away from her tribe’s hillside village, with promises of stardom. Upon her arrival, Vang was greeted by the 43-year-old Prathaya who told her to try on her new outfits from a suitcase in his hotel room. It was in his hotel room that Vang was raped by Prathaya. Vang stated that she “bled, cried and pleaded” until she was eventually released to return to her village. After discovering that she was …show more content…
Like ala kachuu in Kyrgyzstan and the Tzeltal community in Chiapas, Mexico—zij poj niam in Hmong culture is when a groom kidnaps his bride with disregard to whether or not the women is willing to marry him. The man may give the woman a gift, although unlike the second way to get married, he will not let her know of his intentions therefore if the woman accepts the gift, she is obligated to marry him according to traditions and the clan leaders will not object to the wedding. In some cases, like Panyia Vang’s case, the bride is raped and as a consequence will have to marry the rapist in order to save
In a culture where the word for marriage literally means ‘buying your wife’ and nqi taub hau (translates as the price of the bride’s head) determines the worth of a bride, it is not a surprise that domestic violence is so prevalent within the Hmong community.
Panyia Vang, a 22-year-old Minnesotan Hmong woman, is the first to file a lawsuit over child sex tourism against an American Hmong man who sexually abused her as a child. The American citizen Thiawachu Prataya infiltrated her village with an alibi of needing to know the farmer’s work schedules, attaining Vang’s mobile number. Vang received no calls regarding her village’s agriculture but a call from a relative of Prataya that proposed an all-expense paid trip to the capital of Laos for a music video audition, an opportunity for Vang to fulfill her aspirations as a singer.
He conned her when she was 14 years old into travelling to Vientiane, far away from her tribe’s hillside village, with promises of stardom. Upon her arrival, Vang was greeted by the 43-year-old Prathaya who told her to try on her new outfits from a suitcase in his hotel room. It was in his hotel room that Vang was raped by Prathaya. Vang stated that she “bled, cried and pleaded” until she was eventually released to return to her village. After discovering that she was …show more content…
Like ala kachuu in Kyrgyzstan and the Tzeltal community in Chiapas, Mexico—zij poj niam in Hmong culture is when a groom kidnaps his bride with disregard to whether or not the women is willing to marry him. The man may give the woman a gift, although unlike the second way to get married, he will not let her know of his intentions therefore if the woman accepts the gift, she is obligated to marry him according to traditions and the clan leaders will not object to the wedding. In some cases, like Panyia Vang’s case, the bride is raped and as a consequence will have to marry the rapist in order to save