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. She carried ...

Shoppers look for pleated skirts and other clothing for Hmong New Year for sale at the stall of Elisa Her, left, in the Hmong Village covered market in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

Mee Vang Yang holds her father's shaman bells in front of the altar in her living room in St. Paul, Minnesota, Nov. 17, 2023. Vang Yang carried them across the Mekong River as the family fled the ...

Hlee Xiong Lee discusses her challenging journey to shaman practice at the Hmong Cultural Center in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (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’s ring-shaped ...

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.

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 ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (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’s ring-shaped ...

Yang Vang, a Brigham Young University master's degree candidate in anthropology and world-renowned Hmong shaman, works on his thesis project on campus in Provo on Thursday, Oct. 13.