| One of the coolest New Year's Celebrations of any | | | | something we don't in Western Cultures? Those who |
| culture on Earth has to be that of the Hmong People. | | | | have observed this practice, actually came back |
| This celebration goes on for several days and has so | | | | thinking about it and not considering it superstition at |
| many components that it would be easy for | | | | all. |
| someone to forget them all, if they had not lived | | | | As I tell you this, what is your gut telling you on this |
| them. You should study up on the Hmong New | | | | ritual and practice? It's not so uncommon in that part |
| Year's Celebrations! Of course, this is only one of | | | | of the World. Today, we know that it contains an |
| many customs that the culture is known for. | | | | abundance of stem cells, could the Hmong People and |
| Indeed, I recommend that you the book by Patricia | | | | their rituals have been way ahead of their time? |
| V. Symonds "Calling in the Soul: Gender and the Cycle | | | | Did you know that the CIA and our government had |
| of Life in the Hmong Village," and after you read this, | | | | befriended many to help during the Vietnam War |
| I recommend taking a look at PV. Symonds' | | | | era? Today, we have many Hmong People living in |
| dissertation? "Cosmology and the Cycle of Life: | | | | the US. In fact, today many Americans feel very |
| Hmong Views of Birth, Death and Gender in a | | | | close to the Hmong people living in Burma, it is very |
| Mountain Village in Northern Thailand," quite fascinating | | | | unfortunate the problems that have been going on in |
| indeed. | | | | Burma recently, both human conflict and Mother |
| You will be amazed at the thoughts you have after | | | | Nature. Very unfortunate for the Hmong, and many |
| learning about the Hmong hill tribes practice of | | | | Americans have you been following those events? I |
| burying the placenta in the house after birth, and | | | | hope you enjoy studying this topic as much as I. |
| then retrieving it when they die; do they know | | | | |