Falling or tripping at the Funeral

[Someone]

   What happens if you do?   and where did we get this ideal from that you can't fall at the funeral?

 

[PEARL]

   What happens if you do?   and where did we get this ideal from that you can't fall at the funeral?

 

om...gosh..  I had a friend that fell at a funeral.. he got so wasted that he fell infront of everyone.. it was kind of scary but funny at the same time.  I don't know what they did... or why you can't but he did.. 

[MSV]

You can't fall at a funeral cause that means your soul can get taken into the other world with the deceased. Sometimes people get a little shock from their fall that their soul ends up jumping from their bodies.

Speaking of it all, this past weekend, when I went to a funeral, my mom spoke of a grown man who fell. It was unexplainable. So they hu plig right then and there...cooked up some meat...made him eat it and advised the wife to do ua neeb right away.

That's all I know. Hope it helps.

[NceegVaj]

 
   What happens if you do?   and where did we get this ideal from that you can't fall at the funeral?

 

You GET laid that night, immediately.  NO WORRY JUST MEANS YOU ARE CLUMSY.

[BeautifulDisaster]

before heading to a funeral, my mother always used to warned me, sternly, to never run at the funeral, trip or fall etc.... But she never tells me why... now im curious as to why and who came up with this?

[Umbrella]

It's just a taboo that Hmong people observe. Nothing bad will happen if you do happen to fall or trip. However, if something does happen then it's just your mind playing tricks on you.

[Lady_Fallin]

Someone has to hu plig so your spirit comes back, or doesn't leave you.

And yes, supposedly if you fall, your spirit will get scare and go with the dead.

[Amara]

I once knew this guy who was asked to mus haiv txiv xaiv at the funeral of a Hmong elder. On the first night he called to talk to me and I scolded him for doing so and hung up. That night he had a dream that he was at the funeral and saw some kids running and so he scolded the kids for running and playing around. After that he turned around to walk away and he tripped and fell. He struggled to get back on his feet but it felt like someone or something was holding him down. He yelled to the people near him to come and help him stand up but no one payed any attention to him. Finally, he was able to stand back up and went over to ask the people how come no one came to help him, to which they all responded that they did not see or hear him. Anyways, back to reality. A week and a half after the funeral ended the guy drove off an embankment and according to him he had died. He saw his deceased mother standing in a open field but she kept telling him that he could not die now because it was not his time yet and for him not to yearn to be with her and that he must return back to life to fulfill his duties. When he finally regained a little bit of consciousness he was already on a medevac helicopter headed towards a hospital. His next memories were of the doctors telling him that they had lost him several times but managed to revive him.

I don't know if the dream he had of falling at the funeral was a foretelling of what was to come or not but it makes me wonder even to this day.

[beester]

It's just an old wives tale to keep kids (bad ones) from goofing off. It's just like my parents used to say never sleep with your shoes on or poj ntxoog will come and pull you under the bed. It's meant to control naughty kids. Slip and fall all you want, it won't do anything.