Hmong Family Cultural Analysis

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Culture, it can be defined as integrated pattern of knowledge, from values and behaviors to religions and ethics. Although, there are many different culture, there are some similarity between various culture. Vishal Boughen, he is currently around the age of 30-40 and is currently attending CSU, Fresno. The first time I met Vishal was in the fraternity that we are apart of. Vishal was born in Santa Clara, California, with an ethnic background of Asian-India. As a child, Vishal’s parents were strict with his behavior and actions. I, personally, can understand how Vishal felt as he was young, my parents were strict, but they were lenient with my social life. However, we grew up with different religion. Vishal was raised with a Roman Catholic …show more content…

Vishal is part of three different religions, the first being Roman Catholic, Hindu, and Sikh. Within Hindu and Sikh, their wedding ceremony last three days. The first day being the preparing day, then the actual wedding, and lastly ending with the prayers. Those three days are similar to the Hmong traditions, on the first day of the wedding, the groom is expected to butcher a cow and feed the family. The next day of the Hmong wedding is the release of the daughter, meaning the parents is releasing their daughter to the groom. On the last day of the Hmong wedding, they are accepting the new daughter-in-law into the family. In Hindu or Sikh religion, the parents pay for the marriage and usually purchase a house for the newly wed, it is a symbol of helping the newly wed start their life. However, in Hmong tradition, the groom is buying the wife and is expected to pay for the whole wedding. During the wedding in Hindu and Sikh religion, there are playful games that they have, one is to steal the groom’s shoes. Stealing the groom’s shoes and then selling them back to him is a tradition, that means that the groom can’t leave the platform without his

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