The Gau Tao Festival is one of the most significant traditional folk celebrations, deeply embedded in the cultural and ...

That is Hmong tradition that has been practicing ... And so we will use that animal (hog) to rescue the spirit of that person. When I did the ritual, my shaman spirit would raise your child's ...

The prospect of meeting a Hmong shaman who would share his life on camera ... I could shoot it myself with only an audio person. This meant I could be unobtrusive, which allowed me to capture ...

America has become the testing ground for the enduring strength of Hmong culture THE SPLIT HORN documents the journey of Hmong shaman Paja Thao and his family from the mountains of Laos to the ...