For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living ... of six through a translator in Hmong. It's the language spoken ...

AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto Chad Lee explains his role as a Hmong shaman ... fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells.

(AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father ... you’re giving beyond yourself to a ...

(AP) — The majority of the approximately 300,000 Hmong in the United ... fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where ...

(AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living ... through a translator in Hmong. It’s the language spoken ...

For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living ... of six through a translator in Hmong. It's the language spoken ...

For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ... you’re giving beyond yourself to a ...

In traditional Hmong spirituality, humans are composed of multiple souls, which may become separated over time. The soul-calling ritual returns them for the new year. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave) ST.