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<br />.~ ,~_-""1-- ~:~"","-""~J.'~;~"i"'~"""'-___' ., <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />....' <br /> <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />., ~ <br /> <br />. .. war, thousands$tlU&ht POlitical <br />. asylumbftheUnitedS~tes. <br />Some .. H~ng". becllli1e <br />Christians beforeiJDmigrating ., <br />to the Unitetl '$a~and they. <br />, leftbelilild.iliese .ritiialcere~ ' <br />. monies... .... . '.' <br />But.Leepalaosemembers <br />sittingaround.thec:ampfire as <br />, a snwl boy, listening to his <br />, parents tell folktales. <br />f:." American Hmongchi1dren <br />~ often dOQ.'tgrowup that way. <br />, They would .'rather believe <br />what they learn in school, <br />some parents S~di because <br />"Hmong rituals will not pay the <br />bills." <br />Ma YangofSt. Paul said she <br />wants her ll-year~ldson to <br />learn how to play the mouth <br />o. rgan.. "NO., one in.' th. e faJDll. .Dy; <br />lalows how to play,"- she said, <br />but "be doesn't have the heart <br />Cor It. ". , <br />,Herson,Ka~. Lec1, saiihe <br />would' rather play With his <br />friends than be stuck ina mom <br />practicing. . <br /> <br />Thefirstmeal " <br /> <br />Four hours after the cere. <br />mony ~t the slaughterhouse <br />started, the family gathered <br />around a..ttuek,wbere a ~e <br />bowl of rice and .a pot of beef <br />broth made from the sacrificed <br />cow were laid out on the truck <br />bed. <br />Paper platesaild Pla&ti. ... c sB- <br />verwarewere hai1ded out. <br />. "We have to eat a m.eal wWl. <br />the a~cestol's b~f?re. we go <br />home,. Yang~. <br />; Steve Yang,25,theperson <br />for whom. the ceremony was <br />being held. stood lJy the truck. <br />He Said be didn'Umowwhythe <br />ceremony \VaS important .or <br />what it was sup~ to do, but <br />he agreed. to. It. . because, his <br />grandfather said it was neces. <br />sary. . <br />"I don't really knoW if It will <br />help," he said. llyou'Ve just got <br />to go withit..Hopefu]ly,inthe <br />future, I1l be OK If I don't get <br />sick, get into trouble, then it <br />Worked." <br /> <br />Lru:y F. Herlstll <br />~. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />PhoIogrspl1s 1Iy0arlenll PIlIIs/SlBr Tribune <br />In a rltualloslnggnnmd IS Hmong settIa IntD AmerII8n IIf8, Cb8u <br />Tong Yang conducted a aer8l1lOl1J at a Soatb at. PaulllIBugbtBr. <br />hou9a Intended to kaap his grandson's IIfHOUIID Ids body. <br /> <br />. <br />