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CANADA | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By brettcooke | Views [957] | Comments [1] | Video

So we headed out on the road after hastily packing the van who we call Astroboy, taking highway 1 towards our first destination.  A bright beautiful Tuesday afternoon in spring and we were looking for snow.  The drive to Hope was smooth and fast, the ... Read more >

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The local Hmong people are superstitious and believe that the spirits have a part in affecting ones health. I was fortunate to witness a shaman ritual called a ua neeb kho in a local home to thank the spirits for returning the health to the father of the home who had recently recovered from illness. 

The ritual involved a variety of offerings, hypnotic chanting, a chicken sacrifice and the shaman entering a state of trance, where in that period it was forbidden for anybody to move around in between the shaman and the altar which is a permanent fixture in most homes.: by jimmydau, Views[275]
The local Hmong people are superstitious and believe that the spirits have a part in affecting ones health. I was fortunate to witness a shaman ritual called a ua neeb kho in a local home to thank the spirits for returning the health to the father of the home who had recently recovered from illness. The ritual involved a variety of offerings, hypnotic chanting, a chicken sacrifice and the shaman entering a state of trance, where in that period it was forbidden for anybody to move around in between the shaman and the altar which is a permanent fixture in most homes.

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