A Hmong shaman blesses a pregnant woman so that she will have a safe birth. (Photo: Shuka Kalantari) A Hmong shaman dressed in an ornate red and pink costume is standing in a crowded living room in ...

A Hmong elder who practitioners of shamanism say can speak with the spirit world will share her knowledge of the religion Thursday at St. Cloud State University. Yia Lee will talk about her ...

Shamanism is alive and well in the Hmong community today: a typical weekend for any Hmong person in this day and age is usually booked with family engagements. Whether it’s a spirit calling for a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Staff at most hospitals would be baffled by an instruction like this on a bedside chart: to prepare patient for surgery, provide 15 minutes of soft chanting and tie a red string around the neck. It's ...

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Behind her, the shaman struck his gong repeatedly, unfurling a wall of sound. If she had spirit guides, they would confirm her calling as a tvix neeb, or Hmong shaman, by causing her body to shake ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO (Associated Press) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate ...