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 to walk out of her parent’s house to the groom’s home. The wedding took place at the bride’s parents’ house where the ceremony began. During the ceremony, the bride wore a long blouse decorated with batik flowers over short trousers with long
“She had never said it was love. Neither had he. They were shy. They had been unsure. Now, there would be no time for love. It was in the moment of parting that she knew she loved him” (21).
Everyone has different culture and their own belief. In Kansas City Hmong has their own culture and they have express their culture in the mural on the 751 Minnesota Ave. That whole Murals tells Hmong story and how they come to United State and start living on the Kansas.
At birth, the Hmong view their newborns as a gift and extremely special. At birth, it is called “Mus Thawj thiab, “go become again” or more simple, “reincarnation,” is a traditional Hmong belief (Bankston 2000). When a child is born, they are automatically seen as a gift and reborn as a reincarnated soul. Though, if a child dies after three days of living there are “no funeral ceremonies…since the child did not have a soul yet” (Bankston 2000). The Hmong believe if the child lives past three days, their soul is present though if they die, the infant never had a soul to begin with. If the child lives past day three, then a shaman is brought in and he “evokes a soul to be be reincarnated in the baby’s body” (Bankston 2000). This is considered
While much effort is put into maintaining a fairly equal status among the people of !Kung society, this is not to suggest that gender roles are non-existent. Men and women have different roles in society everywhere, it is also seen here. In most cases women took care of the children and preparing of the food. However, the women of the !Kung culture are not limited to only be in their homes because without being able to get help from one another or socialize since these gathering activities were usually done in groups (Shostak 1981). Men also engaged in these activities. Children would be raised in village groups of other children of a wide age range of ages. Marriage was generally between a man in his twenties and a girl in her teens. Newlyweds lived in the same village as the wife's family so that she had family support during her new life.. During this time, the husband would hunt for his wife's family. This is called bridewealth, which is a transfer of wealth to the bride's family in terms of labor. So every groom is responsible to hunt not only for his family, his wife, but also for the bride's family. Even if bride were to die, the groom would still hunt for her family until he got married again. This fact shows that women are valued in this society. Often, young wives would return to their parents' houses to go to bed with the usual arrangements until they become comfortable with their husbands. If the wife or maybe even the husband never felt like he or she
For many Hmong people, immigrating to the United States of America is a large form of stress as it involves adapting to new cultures and new environments. In the documentary, the Split Horn, a Hmong shaman and his family immigrates to the United States to pursue a better life for themselves. The immense change from living in the countryside of Laos to moving to Wisconsin, America affects the family greatly. As the Hmong shaman tries to preserve his ancient traditions and culture, his children embrace the American one, finding partners and converting to Christianity, not necessarily following Hmong guidelines. When Paja Thao, the Hmong shaman’s children go their separate ways, abandoning Hmong culture, Paja falls into a state of depression. The understanding of depression in Hmong culture contrasts with the biomedical model of health drastically, resulting in consequences such as the impotence to receive medical assistance, lack of knowledge and education, resulting in untreated diseases such as chronic illnesses.
So far, I have learned that regardless of the Hmong cultural beliefs and difficulties they love their daughter. Everything is knew for them, different country, and culture, which makes it more difficult for them to adjust. They caring and loving people because had the courage to introduce a stranger to their home. It must be very hard for the Foua and Nao Kao to follow the doctor’s rule because their cultural beliefs are really strong. Although they are doing their best to make things smooth and help their daughter. Coming from a different country where people have live most of their life it is very had to fit in. Everything is different and at times you get frustraid because you are away from your whole family.
Born and raised in Hawaii I have interacted with many people that have a different culture compared to my own. Hawaii is a place where many people from all over the world would move to better their lives. Hawaii gives the people a new experience from the rest of the world. Due to this Hawaii is known to be the most diverse places in the United States. It is like a bag of skittles where there are many colors to choose from.
The dugong (Dugong dugon) is an aquatic mammal found in the Indo-West Pacific region. They help shape the biological composition and structure of their ecosystem through their grazing of seagrass beds, and are an integral part of Aboriginal subsistence and culture. Population estimates are difficult, but it is believed that their numbers are declining. They face several threats, including habitat loss, boat strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, and hunting. Dugongs have been harvested for consumption, commercial trade (skin, oil, bone) and religious ceremonies for thousands of years (Marsh 2002 and Lawler et al 2002). Although they are protected throughout their range,
A dugong is a mammal weighing up to 600kg and can be 3m in length when fully grown. They do not have feathers like a bird to keep them warm they have a thick layer of blubber underneath their wrinkly grey skin to keep them warm when they are cold. To push through the water Dugongs use their tails, but use their flippers to balance and steer. To spot them in small groups you will be lucky, but spotting them in herds of hundreds or small groups are not rare at all, although they are not usually found with their own children. It is rare to live up to 70 years but in some cases that can happen, I am saying it is rare because the food supplies is limited now. The shape of their body makes them look slow but if they need dugongs can speed up 15 miles
Wedding day is the most important day for couples. But for Vietnamese people the wedding ceremony is not only important for couple but also for both families. I would like to share with everybody about Vietnamese traditional wedding. Most Vietnamese traditions and cultures have influenced by Chinese culture until today, so the wedding ceremony is also affected. Unlike the Western culture, in Vietnam after the bride was proposed by the groom, groom and his family have to go to the bride's home to ask for wedding. The wedding ceremony is only carried out with the consent of the bride and the groom family. Based on tradition and religion, marriage is organized according to different rituals. There are two main ceremonies are betrothal ceremony and wedding ceremony.
The movie did not directly focus on medicinal values of food but according to the textbook, Asians’ health is dependent on the relationship between polar elements like yin (low calorie/raw) and yang (high calorie/cooked) (CITE). The Hmong dishes are a mixture of both – fruits and vegetables representing the yin while meat and rice dishes representing the yang.
Which such close knit families in India how is marriage conducted and how does that differ from American marriages? There are various differences between American and Indian marriage customs. For example: in America, the ceremony is one day, with corsages presented to the guests of honor, and the couple exchanges ring; afterwards, birdseed is thrown. In India, it is a multi-day ceremony with garlands presented to the guests of honor; instead of rings, a mangala sutra - cord with gold pendants - is tied around the bride's neck in three knots by the groom, and rose petals are thrown for luck ("Indian Wedding Traditions and Customs", n.d.). However, both ceremonies share similarities in that the parents walk the bride down the aisle and the bride
The Hindu marriage usually takes in the bride’s hometown or city. The venue is generally a town or community hall, or a hotel, depending on the budget of the bride’s family. There are often blessings in the temple before or after the service.
Vietnamese wedding usually take place at home for ceremony and a reception ( usually in countryside) and also some people have ceremony at their house and have a reception in a luxurious hotel. At the wedding date, the groom’s family come to the bride’s house, they introduce themselves. A respected person among the bride's relatives instruct the bride's parents to present their daughter, then the bride follow her parents out and they start the wedding ceremony. The couples are pray in front the altar their ancestors to ask a permission for their marriage. The couple bow hands to the bride's parents to say thanks raising and protecting her since birth and the mastered the ceremony would give the couple advices on starting a new family, then the groom and the bride put the rings on each other's finger.Afterwards, the groom will take the bride to his house for the other similar ceremony. Unlike the wedding ceremony in Viet Nam, in the United States, people, who believe in God, often have their ceremony wedding in church, besides that some people have ceremony at places where arrangement for their wedding by justice of the peace. Also, after the bride walk through the aisle, everyone listen to the toast given by the best man or bridesmaid. The room and the bride make their vows, put the rings on another finger and share kiss. For example, on my sister’s wedding date, around 8 o'clock in the morning, her future husband’s family came to my house bring a lot of gifts wrapped in red papers. These gifts are betel leaves and areca nuts, fruits, liquor, tea, cakes…His father introduced all the his family members who was came in my house for wedding and also my father did same things, and then my sister followed my mom out. She wore a traditional wedding ao dai which is red with gold threads and sequins. Then the ceremony of her wedding started, after all etiquette, they
Extravagant clothing, succulent victuals, exquisite flowers, spectacular photography and many other grand decorations are the foundation of a Hindu marriage. Hindu marriages, like most other cultural wedding ceremonies, are deeply concerned with their religious rituals and customs. Most ceremonies in the Hindu culture are family oriented with great emphasis on entertainment and inspiration. Also, off course, the amount of decorations and the extent to which the rituals are carried out depends greatly on the class of the families in society. Wealthier families are inclined to spend vast amounts of money into the wedding ceremony to make it extremely extravagant, whereas the lower class families tend to