Kataw (aka sepaw takraw) is a game played throughout Southeast Asia. I took this video in Namthoum village, Xiengkhouang, Laos. Some of the guys were pretty good, but there was clearly one star player. The video briefly explains how the game is played.
Archive for May, 2009
Lao games – Kataw
Published May 22, 2009 General 2 CommentsTags: games, hmong, kataw, Laos, sepaw takraw
Hmong Yao (hmoob yaus)
Published May 21, 2009 General Leave a CommentTags: animism, hmong, religion, video
I just uploaded this video to Youtube. It shows a Hmong shaman (txiv neeb) performing a ceremony for the spirits of this house. I asked the head of the household for permission to film the ceremony.
The ceremony was almost over when I arrived. It had been going on for several hours. This video only shows the last minute or two.
I wrote about Hmong traditional animist religion for the latest Free A Family update from Laos. Unfortunately I can’t post it online here without permission, but if you support the CRWRC Free A Family program and select Asia, you will receive updates from the Toh family in Vieng, Laos. I will continue to write stories about them for another year and a half before it rotates to a new country.
Isaiah 65:20 has been echoing through my mind recently:
“No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime.”
I stumbled across this photo album by MCC that touches on the same theme.
