Farming is one of the essential duties for Hmong
Farming is one of the essential duties for Hmong as they depended on agriculture to earn a living. The Hmong depended on agriculture to obtain food for feeding their families and live a better life. The Hmong focused on living like a free man as the society valued and treasured life and struggled to maintain the community culture. The family have essential obligations as depicted by the scenario of Lao’s seizures in the home, and during the time the family was moving to Merced Community medical centre (MCMC). Seizures were associated with spiritual forces and are considered to be signs of spiritual fitness.
Children are considered to belong to the father’s clan, and women are required to keep their clan name even after marriage. This shows that Hmong men have an obligation of feeding and taking care of their families; hence men engage in farming to meet the needs of their families. Hmong men were obliged to take care of their wives after giving birth as men used to carry silver cans containing chicken soup to MCMC. Hmong could no longer engage in farming as they did in Laos, forcing them to transition into American roles and lifestyles which were not common in their customs. The government of the US was forced to support the Hmong people as they no longer had means of supporting themselves. Hmong were forced to take the medication in modern hospitals as depicted when they adapted modernized ways of treating seizures in society. If Hmong could maintain their farming in the US, they could keep their culture and obtain their independence and freedom from the Americans.