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Re: Modifying Hmong Funeral Practice         

Group: soc.culture.hmong · Group Profile
Author: All4One
Date: Apr 18, 2008 21:26

I can go along with MOST of the Hmong funeral's proceedings...however,
what I would change is cut the 24 hrs service down to 12 hrs...allow
guests/relatives/families time to rest...and eliminate or LIMIT eating
and butchering unneccessary animal. I beleive that a funeral is a
time to morn and show respect for the deceased in a "harmony" setting
it possibly could be given. Sadly, most hmong funerals can't be
distinguished from a party or a funeral.

jim

On Apr 18, 4:35 pm, vimhlub gmail.com> wrote:
> Yog yuav ua qhov yooj yim xwb ces thaum paub tseeb tias siav tu lawm
> tiag tiag no ces yuav ua li cas los yeej tau.  Tus tuag ntawd yeej
> tsis paub, tsis hnov, tsis pom li lawm.  Qhov tib neeg ua no yog ua
> rau cov ciaj xwb, yeej tsis yog ua rau cov tuag kiag li.  Taw kev los
> yeej yog ua qhia rau cov ciaj xwb kom cov cia xav tias thaum tuag lawm
> los tseem muaj kev mus no xwb.  Tus tuag lawv ces yeej tsis hnov, tsis
> paub, tsis pom li lawm.  Yog tus tuag lawm tseem hnov taw kev thiab
> ces nws kuj tsis tau tuag los mas.  Kev cai "church" los ib yam
> nkaus.  Tsuas yog ua kom cov tseem nyob muaj chaw tu moo nkaus xwb os.
>
> Yog vim li cas thiaj li yuav tsum muab ua kom luv me ntsis mas?  Vim
> tsis muaj sij hawm puas yog?  Maj mus ua dabtsi nas?  Haujlwm ces
> txawm ua txog hnub tuag los yeej tsis tas li.  Nrog cov xyom cuab nyob
> me ntsis kom lawv siab qig me ntsis tsis tau los?  Txawm leejtwg tsis
> nrog xyom cuab nyob los lawv yeej tsis yuav li nes.  Ho nrog lawv nyob
> los lawv sis nqa tes ua tsaug xwb.
>
> Qhov teebmeem ntawm Hmoob tej kev cai tsis yog vim Hmoob ua tsis yog
> lawm tabsis vim cov tib neeg li koj thiab li KUV no tsis nkag siab zoo
> tias yog vim li cas thiaj li ua li ntawd no xwb.  What people do not
> understand, they most often blindly reject.
>
> The other problem is that most people nowadays like to compare and
> contrast the different rituals among different religions/practices.
> They frequently like to think that one way is superior to another or
> that one practice must be right and another must be wrong.  It is like
> saying an apple is wrong because it is not an orange.
>
> If cost is your concern, pre-funeral arrangement, as you already had
> may give your relatives peace of mind when your day comes.
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