HMONG COMMUNITY

Hmong religion Many Hmong became in the early nineteenth century due to the presence of Christian missionaries but, however, the majority of the Hmong community continues to maintain the traditional spiritual practices of their people, which They include shamanism and veneration of the ancestors.   These spiritual beliefs are combined with their health and disease-related beliefs as the Hmong argue that it is not possible to separate the physical well-being of a person from their spiritual health, as the spiritual realm is very influential and dictates what It happens in the physical world. Their beliefs also explain that the spirits of the deceased ancestors influence the wellbeing and health of the living, which explains the need to revere and honor the ancestors to receive their guidance and protection. Each person is believed to have several souls (between three and seven), which must remain in harmony to stay healthy. The main soul is reincarnate after death, whi...

Hmong language The Hmong Pahawh alphabet was invented by Shong Lue Yang in 1959. The mystical of this alphabet lies in its creator announcing it as a result of a divine revelation, north of Laos, near the border with Vietnam. On the other hand the different Hmong languages have different names. Three main branches can be distinguished, to distinguish them more easily you can do it taking into account the names based on the colors of their traditional costumes: Hmong Western: Spoken by ethnic white, blue/green, flowery, etc. Hmong North: Reds Hmong East: Hmong blacks In each of the different nations, the Hmong is written in the alphabet of the region where it is spoken. For example, in China, the Hmong is known as Miao and written in Chinese characters. On the other hand, in Thailand, it is written with the Thai alphabet. Today, the majority of the Hmong people write their language with the Romanized alphabet (RPA), as does Chinese. But really, it is a language t...

History of the Hmong Hmong are an ethnic group that lives in several countries of Indochina, who are believed to come from the Yangtze River basin, in the area around Hunan, China. The Hmong are known in China as Miao, a designation that encompasses several different ethnic groups. Other theories say they come from Tibet. They are a population that wants to remain independent about what belongs to a country. After a period of turmoil in nineteenth-century China, when the Chinese dynasties Ming and Qing tried to impose new fiscal systems and expand their empire, the Hmong rebelled and many of them were expelled from China. Many of the Hmong began their journey to other Asian countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Laos or Burma.