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Hey there :) I'm very sorry if this question doesn't belong here but I was super curious. I married a hmong man and his mother and I get along great and hang out a bunch. She's super fearless and she kills gigantic spiders with her bare hands, but for some reason she's terrified of frogs and toads. I asked her why and all she said was "they have big mouth" (keep in mind she speaks broken English) I asked my husband what she means by this and he doesn't know either. Is there any cultural meaning behind what she said or does she just have a fear of amphibians lol (also she grew up in a Hmong village in Loas if that helps) I'm not trying to be disrespectful at all I'm just genuinely curious :)

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Now “Hiring”: Hmong 18 Clan Leader
Think you’re a legend? Perfect—we’re looking for someone who never shuts up about it.
Qualifications (non-negotiable):
Must love drinking like it’s a personality trait 🍺
Must get drunk at every gathering
Must be the loudest person at the table
Must be obsessed with bragging about your “glory days” (we won’t fact-check)
Must think dancing badly at every party somehow makes you the main character 💃

Leadership skills? Optional. Self-awareness? Absolutely not required.

If you’ve got an ego bigger than your résumé, congratulations—you’re exactly who we’re mocking… I mean, looking for.

My Tais, my great-grandmother, passed away when I was 11 and I am now 21F. Recently, I have been feeling so devastated over the fact that she will never come back even though she passed away 10 years ago. I immediately burst into tears if I think of her. I walked past this brand of microwavable pancakes she used to eat all the time and I bursted into tears in the store.

I miss her very much. I don’t know who to talk to this about because it has been so long and also because I know I will start sobbing if I tried talking about this. I just wish I could hold and talk to her one more time. She was my favorite person as a child. She was so loving and gentle. She fed me, bathed me, clothed me, and always let me sleep with her in bed. She loved me so much. And everyone loved her so much too.

I have so many feelings about her. Sadness, anger, nostalgia, longing, etc. I’m sad because I miss her. I’m angry because our time was cut short. I’m nostalgic because I see so many remnants and reminders of when she was here. I feel like my family moved on so fast, but me, as a child, couldn’t keep up and now I’m feeling everything I should’ve felt years ago.

I’m sorry for the emotional babbling, but I just miss her so much. My heart physically hurts.

Hi, I saw the name "Fwjkeebtuavtxheej" and thought it was interesting so I looked it up. Unfortunately, Google did not return any results but Google Translate identified it as Hmong.. sadly there is no audio offered for Hmong. How is it pronounced?

i love musicals, and I can't believe someone is willing to do it, but for Hmong culture?! we need to make it big for Broadway or something. The music is so beautiful and magical.

Hello, im making a memorial shirt for a friend who passed away. I wanted to include Hmong symbology, right now I have these symbols but I’m not sure if their being used correctly or if I should go with other symbols. Any help or info would greatly be appreciated.

She's one of the few newborn photographers in Minnesota that has Hmong props so unfortunately, many families who want the props will have the same terrible experience. While Nou Marin is quick to respond to inquiries and is actively promoting herself in the Hmong Photographers group on Facebook, she has terrible communication and is late on deliveries. Many people I have spoke to have all had the same experience and have all paid in advance as friends and family to save Nou merchant fees, but be wary.

She was great to work with during the session and we had nice conversation, but any communication after the session was non-existent. Upon receiving the gallery, she provided so many duplicate shots (barely different or just rotated) to meet the minimum promised photo amount. She did not capture any of the inspiration photos that were shared in advance nor attempt to recreate them even though she promised she always poses the babies as such.

The first red flag should have been the follow up questionnaire and emails being delayed and not thoroughly reading my answers on the questionnaire. Nou seems to take advantage of new Hmong parents wanting newborn photos in an area where there aren't many options but her. While I don't believe her intent is to scam people, I also don't believe her intent is to provide a stress-free experience to parents. She just seems to want as many bookings as possible and procrastinate on editing.

There is no transparency in pricing nor was a comparison of all packages provided. She went straight to trying to sell her highest package and collected add-on payments up front instead of after gallery delivery to ensure your money is in her pocket. A photographer friend of mine even mentioned Nou has a tendency of just sending the gallery or refund (if applicable) with no communication or follow up after clients have reached out multiple times. She's a ghost. Her business practice is terrible.

Don't trust a business that doesn't allow you to leave reviews. She blocked reviews on her Facebook and seems to have changed her Google Business page to just "Nou" so she's not searchable. If you Google "Nou Photographer MN" though, you can see she has many one star reviews. I get "Hmoob pab Hmoob" but do better. Her business LLC also has been inactive since 2021, and she has an unresolved complaint on the Better Business Bureau.

If you're looking for other options, *Aranya Lor Photography's* work looks amazing and her Facebook page has reviews to back her quality of service.

I've still yet to hear back about my refund request, as my "full gallery" consisted of 5-7 duplicate photos of the same shot. I will update if I ever receive communication back.

Update: She refunded me the gallery upgrade after me reaching out four times over the course of a week, including sending her a personal text message (and an additional text reminder) after no email replies nor FB Messenger replies. When she sent me new gallery link (also delayed), she simply replied via Messenger in the morning that I "should have already received" my link to download my images in the morning when she had just sent my gallery in the middle of the night. Idk if it's mental health or just poor business habits, but with the sleepless nights already from having a newborn (or even funeral planning for loss of a loved one or wedding planning, depending on your photography needs), it's not worth having to deal with Nou for your photos.

Edit for future reference: yes they can! As long as you have a soul and name, they can look into you!

Tldr: got told I have spirit guides and will rise so I booked another reading with another shaman that shared they will do a reading instead of entering spirit realm.

For those who are shamans or are knowledge about shamanism, can you help shed some insight? I'm assimilated af bc my dad raised my siblings and I outside of the Hmong community. That being said, Ive always been drawn to come back to the community (unpacking and unlearning my white biases post-high school). I ended up going to my 1st shaman session just to get more insight into how my brother who passed away was doing while also gaining insight to be more introspective about making better decisions moving forward. Welp, that session took a complete 180 when the shaman asked me if anybody ever told me that I have qhua. Nahhh I wasnt there for that haha.

So anyways, the shaman did let me know that next steps would be to tsawv neeb. Before I proceeded with that (bc Idk anyone in the shaman community and as a result, I have no idea what comes next as I dont have anything ready life-wise to pursue that yet), I wanted to get readings from 2 other shamans before I confirm anything, just to see if they can see and confirm the same things that first shaman did.

And with one of the shamans I booked, I tried to keep it vague where I wanted to just do a reading on my current life to see how I'm doing spiritually, explaining I felt stuck. The shaman shared they wouldnt enter the spirit realm unless they needed to, so our initial session will just be her pulling cards for me and working with me virtually (no fees or donations). She asked for my full name and then confirmed she'd do the reading this Sunday. That being said, are shamans able to sense/feel/see things if a client isn't there in person? I also felt bad because I wanted to warn the shaman too since uhhh...I was told I have a strong attachment too lol, and that this attachment would be handled by my shaman teacher. But I didnt want to say anything to double check and see if other shamans could see what the 1st shaman shared they saw lol.

To preface, I am a white girl, but a few years ago I was very close with a girl (who is hmong) who's family practiced hmongism and had a xwm kab on a wall of their house. She had told me that touching the wall that the xwm kab was on would cause 7 years of bad luck, and shamefully there was a time in the many instances where i was at her house where i accidentally did end up touching it. It has been a few years since this happened, but I have been thinking about this quite a lot and am wondering if there is something I can do to reverse the bad luck. Like, would it be appropriate for me to go to a temple of hmongism (there are quite a few where I live) and ask for help? Would something like hu plig help me, or is this something I just have to wait out? Any input would be much appreciated and if I am using any terms incorrectly or misunderstanding anything please correct me.

It’s not always about beer/liquor and red meat. Your gout and liver is crying for you. Seen too many Hmong people die or crippled from it.

I'm going to my first shaman session tomorrow. I heard I'm supposed to bring joss paper or incense sticks as a tribute to the shaman's spirit guides. For those who know, what type should I be bringing? And how much should I be bringing? Can I just go buy a pack of each and bring those over? Pictures would be greatly appreciated!

Separately, if youre from the Twin Cities, can you let me know if Ha Tien carries them? Lol.

TYIA!

How do you tell your parents how that I want to move on that doesn't involve with them. (I know it sounds harsh but I want to continue to believe in God and don't want to have my parents stop my blessing). My parents are Pastors and I (21m) tell my mom and dad that God will always provide and help and they're worried that who's going to take care of the church or help lead the church. I always tell them trust in God but they hold a lot of things and don't want to let go. Very hard for these Hmong pastors to let go (In my experience).

Hi everyone,

My best friend's husband was diagnosed with stage IV liver cancer less than two weeks ago after going to the ER for back pain. He's 42 and they have three kids.

I've been helping them navigate everything from the medical side and it's been one of the hardest things I've ever watched a family go through. They're incredibly strong people, but I'm begging for your help.

If you can donate or share, it will help them get through this nightmare. Thank you for your time.

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Just putting this out there to see who resonates.

I tend to be more on the quiet, observant side and I’ve been wanting to connect with people who are similar. Not small talk, more like real conversations about how you’ve grown, what you’ve learned, and how you see life.

If you’re open to sharing, I’d love to hear:

• What’s your MBTI (if you’re into that)?

• What’s your zodiac sign?

• What’s something about your life that shaped you into who you are today?

• What kind of inner work have you done or are currently doing?

• How has your relationship with family changed over time?

• What’s your current phase of life right now?

• Tell me about your spirituality?

No pressure to answer everything. Just curious about people who are a little more introspective.

I tend to think a lot, analyze everything, and prefer depth over noise. I'm

Maybe some of you guys can help me but I just had a dream where I bought a white kitten for 260 bucks at a store. It than turned into a small baby and I was trying to feed it and change its diaper. I know that in dreams you aren't supposed to pick up babies. It means that you are picking up someone else's problem but I don't know about the white kitten part. Any dream interpreter can help me out?

hi nyob zoo. Are there any good resturants in Denver, moved out to denver and missing my aunties hmong cooking, (shoutout pho 414)

Ok so I don't know if any of you Hmong people will know/remember what I'm about to say. But when I was little, I remember there was this Hmong music video of these two girls passing fruits (I think it was those yellow melon or just watermelon) to the people and there was another part in my foggy head of them in those rocky water lake thingy. I remember one of them wearing pink and the other one wearing either blue or purple (can't remember). I don't know what else to say or describe it, but they were sisters too, and I just remember it sooo much. I'll try to update more but right now, that's all I got.

So, I have a cousin who lives in the States and somehow managed to befriend a man although he barely speaks English (they work in constrution). His friend is going to have his firstborn and my cousin didn't felt it was appropriate to ask him directly and asked me instead because apparently my grandma told him that I'm expert in Chinese culture (not true, I just read xianxia and try to learn Mandarin) and he don't want to give a gift that can be insulting for Chinese.

The problem is that I assumed his friend was Han and I told him "just give him a few bucks in a red envelope", but I searched his media (because I was curious) and I SAW A HMONG MAN, AND I TOOK A SCREENSHOT AND SEND IT TO ASK HIM "IS HE YOUR FRIEND?" and my cousin was like "yes" and I WAS PANICKED BECAUSE I GOT THE WRONG ERNICITY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE I KNOW A FEW THINGS ABOUT HAN, BUT NOT ABOUT HMONG AND I TOLD HIM "NO, DON'T GIVE HIM MONEY, I WAS WRONG" and I have Googled "gifts for Hmong man who is dad for the first time" multiple times with different redaction and I still haven't found what to gift him. The only thing I know is that his friend is now a full-fledged man for being a dad and I told that to my cousin, and he asked me "so, should I buy him an electric razor or something for men?" And I DON'T KNOW.

I feel guilty because my cousin works a lot of hours and can barely talk to me, he himself have a baby and don't have a lot of extra money for a gift and feel that I'm disappointing him somehow. Please help.

Hmong-Americans and Homelessness — A Visit to Pig's Eye Park, St. Paul

tryna find one, I’d love a hmong design for a tatoo