In Merced, you might stand next to a Hmong shaman in the line at a supermarket and not know it. You might see him wearing a hospital badge on his way to visit a patient. Or you might hear signs of the ...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL--In the largest study of its kind, researchers from the University of Minnesota, Creative Theatre Unlimited and UCare Minnesota (UCare) have found that Hmong cultural attitudes ...

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Nhia Neng Vang conducts a soul-calling ritual at his home in St. Paul, Minn. on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. In traditional Hmong spirituality, humans are composed of multiple souls, which may become ...

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 ...

When the shaman said it was time, Joua Lee Grande handed her camera to her teenage brother and took her place before the altar. Seated on the shaman's wooden bench in her parents' cramped north ...

Linda Gerdner spent more than 10 years in the company of Minnesota Hmong elders to learn about age-old shamanic traditions. Now, the Hmong Cultural Center is showcasing her book as part of a recent ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — 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.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The majority of the approximately 300,000 Hmong in the United States are animists and believe that spirits live throughout the physical world. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO (Associated Press) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate ...