The Hmong people are an ethnic group native to the mountainous regions of mainland Southeast Asia. What is traditional Hmong understanding of epileptic seizures?

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Answer:

The Hmong people do not see people who suffer from epileptic seizures as sick, in fact, they believe that these people are shamans.

Explanation:

The Hmong word for epilepsy is qaug dab peg which means "to be possessed by the spirit and fall down". Thus, the Hmong believe that an epileptic is a person who has been possessed by a spirit, and as result, is able to enter the spirit world.

This is why epileptics are considered shamans: because they can enter the spirit world, they can help the people who cannot, to find the answer to spiritual questions that can only be found in this realm.

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