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General Category => Hmong Culture & History => Funeral Rituals & Customs => Topic started by: FOREVER_SNY on May 16, 2026, 11:24:44 PM

Title: Joss paper
Post by: FOREVER_SNY on May 16, 2026, 11:24:44 PM
Hello,

My sister just passed and I wanted to do a heart using the joss paper. Can I make that at home or I can’t? Because my mother in law said we can’t do that due to bad luck and dab qua. Can someone educate me on this?
Title: Re: Joss paper
Post by: hmgROCK on May 18, 2026, 09:09:10 AM
sorry for your loss

it might just be a taboo thing from your side of the family/clan...
certain clan and family are banned from certain things

like "YANG CAN'T ATE ANIMAL HEART"

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before all these HEART JOSS paper things.. (must be new gen thing)  ;D ;D ;D
we just fold JOSS MONEY BOAT...    O0 O0 O0
a bunch of dude... drinking budlight and folding paper on friday night
yes... everybody fold including family of the decease

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