Hmong Cross

One of the coolest New Year's Celebrations of any culture on Earth has to be that of the Hmong People. This celebration goes on for several days and has so many components that it would be easy for someone to forget them all, if they had not lived them. You should study up on the Hmong New Year's Celebrations! Of course, this is only one of many customs that the culture is known for.

Indeed, I recommend that you the book by Patricia V. Symonds "Calling in the Soul: Gender and the Cycle of Life in the Hmong Village," and after you read this, I recommend taking a look at PV. Symonds' dissertation? "Cosmology and the Cycle of Life: Hmong Views of Birth, Death and Gender in a Mountain Village in Northern Thailand," quite fascinating indeed.

You will be amazed at the thoughts you have after learning about the Hmong hill tribes practice of burying the placenta in the house after birth, and then retrieving it when they die; do they know something we don't in Western Cultures? Those who have observed this practice, actually came back thinking about it and not considering it superstition at all.

As I tell you this, what is your gut telling you on this ritual and practice? It's not so uncommon in that part of the World. Today, we know that it contains an abundance of stem cells, could the Hmong People and their rituals have been way ahead of their time?

Did you know that the CIA and our government had befriended many to help during the Vietnam War era? Today, we have many Hmong People living in the US. In fact, today many Americans feel very close to the Hmong people living in Burma, it is very unfortunate the problems that have been going on in Burma recently, both human conflict and Mother Nature. Very unfortunate for the Hmong, and many Americans have you been following those events? I hope you enjoy studying this topic as much as I.