Chicken Messengers: Guides to the Spirit Kingdom

Learn more at http://www.collectiveeye.org. Paja Thao is a Hmong refugee, recently moved to America, he has gone from a respected spiritual leader to an elementary school student. The spirits of Paja Thao's ancestors have called him to be a shaman, a mediator between the spirit and natural world. Excerpted from Between Two Worlds, an anthropological documentary about a Hmong Shaman in America.

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[mrsuvie]

i think he a real shaman....

[mrsuvie]

@hmongboy9161 lol

[hmongboy9161]

lol...look at the black dude failed the chair freeze on 0:26

[08090mai]

being a shamen naturally comes to you! stupid asians these days are tryying to be shamen! awwhh i hate the chinese shamen sheits! fucken stupid! ahah.

[calhmoob]

You guys are funny she is recording him while he is jinglebelling. If you see the actually video of this there is a boy hitting the gong. It's not a drum. My parents use to record my grandfather when he is jingle belling because one day they would want to listen to it.

[TheRookieLyfe]

Lol... No one's there to play the drum for the Shaman... Usually there's always someone there to play it for him instead of a tape player... Still living in a life around Shaman... "Shaman Pride"

[vangsengyee]

wow i never seen a stereo use for the gong ... hmmmm signs of becoming american in the early stages thanx for the vid! I also do fear that our sacred ancient beliefs are slowly dying so sad!

[niamtxiv]

amazing, thank for sharing.. the hmong shamanic ritual is dying... our sacred ancient belief is slowly dying like the natives. i am very sadden...