Between Two Worlds - A Culture In Transition

Brian Davies

Appeal - Democrat

While his father Tong Xiong remains in a trance, Choua Xiong burns ceremonial paper, a kind of spiritual currency, during the final stages of the traditional shaman ritual. The younger Xiong helps his Father even as he questions the relevancy of the practice in his life in America.

Brian Davies , "Between Two Worlds - A Culture In Transition," in POYi Archive, Item #29071, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/29071 (accessed June 5, 2025).