Traditions & Values: Becoming Minnesotan

Story Title Narrator Community Tags
There is always that expectation that each generation do better than the last. Tashi Lhewa Tibetan Education, Family, Work, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Gyuto Monastery: Only seventy-five monks survived to rebuild a monastery in India. Thupten Dadak Tibetan Ceremonies & Rituals, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
I don’t want to die in the United States. Tsewang Sangmo Lama Tibetan Ceremonies & Rituals, Culture Clash, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Soon after a person dies, a high religious teacher performs 'Phowa'. Yangchen Dolkar Tibetan Ceremonies & Rituals, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Regardless of if you were boys or girls, education is very important. Kim Yang Hmong Education, Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
The work of a shaman. Nhia Yer Yang Hmong Ceremonies & Rituals, Community, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Early marriages. Kim Yang Hmong Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Women were doing everything they could to help out in spite of the dangers and hardships during the war. Kim Yang Hmong Family, Gender Roles, War, Work, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Raising children in Somalia. Abdisalam Adam Somali Family, Gender Roles, Generation Gap, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
We have so much respect for our elders. Sumaya Yusuf and Bibi Abdalla Somali Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
In marriage it is never white for the bride. Kusum Saxena Asian Indian Ceremonies & Rituals, Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Sacrifices made for the sake of education. Lisa Gada Norton Asian Indian Education, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Finding a wife in India. Ram Gada Asian Indian Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
It was made clear from day one that you would go to college. Pennamma Cherucheril Asian Indian Education, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
The relatives ask, 'Why isn’t she married?' Nayana Ramakrishnan Asian Indian Family, Gender Roles, Marriage, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
I don't see divorce as an option. Deepak Nath Asian Indian Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
In India, the bricks of society are the family. Nirupama Misra Asian Indian Family, Gender Roles, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Growing up in the Philippines. Adelbert Batica Filipino Family, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
It was just like an army. Belen Andrada Filipino Family, Gender Roles, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
School was very stressful. Maryam Beltran Shapland Filipino Education, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
I loved the city where I lived. Victorino Alojado Filipino Family, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
Guatemala: A lot of great traditions. Emiliano Chagil Latino Ceremonies & Rituals, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
I had a really wonderful, fun childhood. Susana de León Latino Family, Food, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
I was fourteen when my husband asked me to marry him. Anna Amaya Latino Marriage, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
To go to the hospital we had to be really, really sick. Anna Amaya Latino Economics, New Immigrant Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values
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