Asian Shamans Look Very Much Like Native Americans (American Indians)

Our World Forum II at Asiawind. Asian Shamans Look Very Much Like Native Americans (American Indians) – Also, I did not know the Hmong (or Miao as they are called in China) practice a form of shamanism as well.

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I have been told that the three feathers on the Hmong altars represent the SAN QING (three purities) of Taoism/or three celestial beings. Hmong people do not worship idols, but Chinese do, which is why Chinese have the idols, but Hmong have the three feathers or stars to represent the Three purities.

Dear all, I was looking at the Wikipedia entry for “Shamanism”, because of a forum thread about Xiao Hong’s (En.Wikipedia.Org) novel “Tales of Hulan River” set in Heilongjiang (En.Wikipedia.Org), where Hong was from, when I noted how similar the images of Asian shamans look so much like Native Americans (or American Indians). Teepees and everything. En.Wikipedia.Org. From the Wikipedia article: When the People’s Republic of China was formed in 1949 and the border with Russian Siberia was formally sealed, many nomadic Tungus groups that practiced shamanism were confined in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. These include the Evenki. The last shaman of the Oroqen, Chuonnasuan (Meng Jin Fu), died in October 2000. XXXXX. Amazing. ;-0. Also, I did not know the Hmong (or Miao as they are called in China) practice a form of shamanism as well.

Again, from the article: The Hmong people, [113] as an ancient people of China with a 5,000-year history, continue to maintain and practice its form of shamanism known as “Ua Neeb” in mainland Asia. At the end of the Vietnam War, some 300,000 Hmong have been settled across the globe. They have continued to practice Ua Neeb in various countries in the North and South America, Europe, and Australia. In the USA, the Hmong shaman practitioner is known as “Txiv Neeb” has been license by many hospitals in California as being part of the medical health team to treat patients in hospital. This revival of Ua Neeb in the West has been brought great success and has been hailed in the media as “Doctor for the disease, shaman for the soul.” Being a Hmong shaman represents a true vocation, chosen by the shaman God “Sivyis.” [114] A shaman main job is to bring harmony to the individual, his family and his community within his environment by performing various rituals (trance).

Animal sacrifice has been part of the Hmong shamanic practice for the past 5,000 years. Contrary to the belief of many Westerners, the Hmong practice of using animal in shamanic practice has been done with great respect. After the Vietnam War, over 200,000 Hmong were resettled in the USA and shamanism is still part of the Hmong culture. But due the colluding of culture and the law, as Professor Alison Dundes Renteln, a political science professor at the University of Southern California and author of The Cultural Defense, a book that examines the influence of such cases on U.S. courts, once said, “We say that as a society we welcome diversity, and in fact that we embrace it…In practice, it’s not that easy.”. [115] XXXXX. I remember a Hmong guy at work telling me that his ancestors came from China, but I did not have the heart to tell him that he was an ethnic minority and not a part of the Han majority. I have noted the same of the aborigines of Taiwan found on postcards I have received from friends.

Amazing!!!! Kobo-Daishi, PLLA.

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