Very interesting information, thanks! You've been in Southeast Asia? When?
"Very interesting information, thanks! You've been in Southeast Asia? When?"
You're welcome; Yes; Back in the day...and since! :)
Extremely interesting. K, you have revealed another facet to yourself.
As a total outsider, never interacting with any Hmong, I found this film to be very revealing of the the path of one family that came to the USA:
The Split Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America
There's some interesting comments in the 'talkback' section from the second and third generation.
It always struck me, even before the war ended and the immigration began, that the Hmong were organized in the ancient clan/tribe manner. It's no surprise that 175 came together. And animism was their underlying belief system in 'the old country'. I imagine any Buddhist or Christian practices they adopted in the old country were veneers layed on top of and co-existing with the ancient ways which had preserved them through thousands of years of chaos and repression in Asia. America will be something else, it is indeed like another planet.