Shamanism In Vietnam

Jon burrows
Introductory to Sociology 271
Discussion Answers
1. EMIGRATION (exiting a country) & IMMIGRATION (into a new country) – Why was the Hmong forced to flee Laos and Thailand? Why did the Hmong immigrate to the USA and Wisconsin specifically? What is their experience in Wisconsin?
Reasons that the Hmong people being forced to leave Laos and Thailand because the Hmong people help The United States in the Vietnam War. Being trained by the CIA from 1959 to 1973 to fight communist rebellion The “Secret War”, was planned when the Hmong president Vang Pao, who had already worked with French, visited United States President John F. Kennedy, the U.S. couldn’t get in the North Vietnam and Lao border to couldn’t retrieve falling soldier pilots.
some have converted to Christianity, most stick to traditional spiritual practices of Shamanism. Shamanism is a practice of a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to interact with the social world of benevolent and malevolent spirits. Performing rituals for sick people by connecting with the spirit world (trance) to see why they are sick. The ancient time, it was believed that humans and spirits lived with each other. The conflict between the two brought a sub-deity (a member of a pantheon of a polytheistic religious system). Blinded the worlds from interacting. Treatments include herbal remedies or offering of Joss papers (ghost money.) when the soul returns back to the body through a string tying rituals (sting-tying). Red, white, black or blue strings are tied to shield the person from evil spirits. The strings symbolize binding up and holding intact of the life souls. Animal sacrifice is another Shaman ritual to attempt illness with offerings to the spirits with the sacrifice of chickens, cows, pigs, or other animals. The soul of the sacrificed soul of animals is connected to human souls. Shamans use the animal soul to protect the sick person. Then that animal is eaten. When a Hmong person dies the soul must travel to the every place the person lived until it reaches the burial place of its placental. To be dressed in the “placenta jacket” it can travel to be reunited with ancestors and be reincarnated
Hmong cultures in Laos and America the men wear long black pants belted at the waist, with a red embodied band. Black shirt is tucked in. Women's clothing is a headband with a black or multi-colored shirt, long pants, and striped or plain skirt. The style might differ from different areas. Accessories such as red necklaces with white cloth bands. Being worn on wrist, ankles, or neck. Hmong cultures traditionally believe those analysts have the power. Hmong in America today still wear still wear their traditional clothing for special occasions. Hmong’s dress