My fiance and I have been together three years, and were just recently engaged and our own little family will start in about four months (I'm five months pregnant). He is Hmong and I am Caucasian, but I know little to nothing about the way things are in Hmong society/culture. I know where they originated and where my fiances family originally came from, I know how to write a small amount of Hmong and can identify certain words, I can actually say only about... four things (I love you, Hello, My Stomach Hurts and Mine)and I know just a small bit about his religion- Shamanism. Most of the stuff I know, with the except of the religion, I was being taught by my Hmong friend, but we had to stop my education once my fiance and I got engaged... because my Hmong friend is male, and I was informed by my Hmong friend that it is no longer proper for me to communicate with him. My fiance also insists I stop talking to my male friends as well, which from what they've both said, is traditional. My knowledge of Shamanism is limited to what I can research on the internet, and that my fiances mother is an actual Shaman and that I must wear a bracelet she made around my wrist to protect me from monsters and such (personal reasons).
I know that most of you would say, "Well ask your fiance," or "His family will teach you," but the fact is... they don't approve of me or our relationship, because I am not Hmong, so they generally refuse to even look at me, despite my Fiances attempts to get them to meet me. My fiance, as well, doesn't want to teach me about his culture and would rather just apply the aspects he thinks are okay and that he's not against to me (some traditions he's chill with, others he's not, which doesn't make sense to me), despite my attempts at getting him to tell me more.
So I was wondering if anyone on here could tell me a bit about the Hmong, other than what I already know... as many of you probably know, there's not a lot of information on the internet, either... You all don't have to help me, if it goes against your personal beliefs, but I'd appreciate it.
I know that most of you would say, "Well ask your fiance," or "His family will teach you," but the fact is... they don't approve of me or our relationship, because I am not Hmong, so they generally refuse to even look at me, despite my Fiances attempts to get them to meet me. My fiance, as well, doesn't want to teach me about his culture and would rather just apply the aspects he thinks are okay and that he's not against to me (some traditions he's chill with, others he's not, which doesn't make sense to me), despite my attempts at getting him to tell me more.
So I was wondering if anyone on here could tell me a bit about the Hmong, other than what I already know... as many of you probably know, there's not a lot of information on the internet, either... You all don't have to help me, if it goes against your personal beliefs, but I'd appreciate it.