Hmong Culture

down to how people get sick and how they are treated so that they can get better. Here we discuss about the Hmong culture and how there’s a difference with how they heal people compared to how it’s done in America. Healing someone can be through medicine or any type of treatment from some kind of doctor or as the Hmong heal, they use a shaman. A shaman is a person with a

Nomadic lifestyle consist of living life with no more than what is needed to sustain life and as such poses no need for materialistic possession. Historically, the Hmong are a people without a country of their own, residing predominately in Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand (Tatman, 2004). Supplementing a living by farming and often used to labor in poppy fields, they earned just what they needed to support family life. With the end of the Vietnam War, many were subjected to violent retaliation leading

Hmong Culture - Food, Eating and Cooking Diverse Cultures in America - Soc 240 Upper Iowa University The Hmong people are originally from rural mountainous areas in Laos and they still inhabit that country to this day. Laos is a country that is located in Southeast Asia. Hmong people are divided into clans or tribes that share the same paternal ancestry. The Hmong people inhabited all parts of Laos but all carried pretty much the same cultures and livelihood with them as many immigrated to

The Hmong Culture      The Hmong Culture of South Asia is a very interesting ethnic group. Between 300,000 to 600,000 Hmong live in Southeast Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. About 8 million more live in the southern provinces of China. Since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia have settled in Australia, France, Canada, and the United States. The largest Hmong refugee community lives in the United States with

not think that there are cultural or linguistic factors, as many Hmong are gifted in mathematics, and have passed the scientific baccalaureate in France. (Hua) It was interesting to note that while many participants believed that Hmong culture plays a role in the ability to learn mathematics, they were divided as to whether the role was positive or negative. Advocating the latter, some stated that there are elements of Hmong culture and heritage that make it more difficult to learn the subject: Laos

What is Hmong? Specific Purpose: I will Educate the audience about the Hmong Culture and Who we are. Thesis Statement: One of the least known cultures in this world is the Hmong culture and myself as a Hmong person the history and the culture has shaped to what we as Hmong people are today. INTRODUCTION I. (Attention Getter): [write the word “Hmong” and ask the audience “whoever can pronounce this word right I’ll give them a dollar”} II. (Reveal Topic): Today, I will be talking about a culture that

characteristics of health care today: the demand of working with as many cultures as possible to meet the demands that our country has. The Hmong population of California where the family is residing addresses the collision between western medicine and traditional healing practices of the Hmong immigrants. There are so many different cultures residing amongst us in the United States today and we need to be able to cater to all cultures not just the most abundant one. What we see is a barrier, or lack of

The Hmong Culture is very interesting. Approximately 25,000 Hmong reside in Fresno, California. In the Hmong culture the men must pay a price for their wives. Usually the price for a bride often ranges from $3,000 to $10,000. Traditionally, the groom’s side of the family must go to the bride’s home and ask her parents for permission to be wed. After both sides reach an agreement, then the next day a feast is held to celebrate their engagement. On the day of the wedding the bride wore Hmong clothing

This research paper focuses on the identification of Hmong culture, elucidating specific generational differences in America that are considered the major division of the Hmong community appropriately. There are a few distinguishing common, yet complex challenges of living between the older and younger generations. Based on the studies of psychosocial perspectives today’s modern Hmong group and their distinctive views of socialism, activities and everyday life that affect his or her lifestyle. This

the cultural group known as the Hmong, there are several anthropological concepts that can be found due to differences in culture and lack of understanding between the Hmong and the Americans. Two concepts that are prevalent throughout are medical anthropology and ethnomedcine. For example, Lia’s mother, Foua, was restricted to specific foods because of her culture, which were criticized by the medical staff which shows the dissonance between American and Hmong culture. This is a perfect example of