Pa Hng in Vietnam

People Name:	Pa Hng
Country:	Vietnam
10/40 Window:	Yes
Population:	8,400
World Population:	56,400
Primary Language:	Pa-Hng
Primary Religion:	Ethnic Religions
Christian Adherents:	2.00 %
Evangelicals:	2.00 %
Scripture:	Unspecified
Ministry Resources:	No
Jesus Film:	No
Audio Recordings:	Yes
People Cluster:	Yao-Mien
Affinity Bloc:	Southeast Asian Peoples
Progress Level:

Introduction / History

The Pa Hng in some locations believe a frog created the heavens and the earth. After a time of living in perfect contentment, man destroyed the harmony of his peaceful existence by killing the frog. "The frog's dying curse was to divide the world into a realm for humans and a realm for spirits. Before that time, mankind did not know sickness, and when a person would die, he would rise again from the dead on the 13th day. After the curse, this no longer happened."

What Are Their Lives Like?

The Pa Hng live in communities according to family clans. They forbid marriage within each clan. A Pa Hng man must not have sexual relations with any woman of his clan. This taboo is strictly enforced. Pa Hng children are told horror stories of what will happen if they break this taboo. This prohibition stands for people of the same family name, even if they live in different provinces and have never previously met.

After the birth of a child, they put the placenta under the floorboards of the house. At the end of the person's life, he must make a journey back to the spiritual village of his ancestors. The dead person's soul must stop to pick up the placenta, which they believe helps the spirits identify who the person is.

What Are Their Beliefs?

The Pa Hng believe a person has 12 souls. "When a body is placed in a coffin, it is sprinkled with 12 measures of grilled rice, and 12 sandstone bowls are put in along with the rice." Each Pa Hng home contains an ancestral altar. The Pa Hng believe the sp

What Are Their Needs?

This tribe has rarely been focused with the gospel and are an unevangelized people group. Their intricate rituals of ancestor worship create barriers that prevent them from embracing the gospel, yet some believe they are ready to embrace the gospel. Most

Prayer Points

Pray for a movement to begin among Pa Hng people that will result in church plants and discipleship.
Ask God to raise up Pa Hng who are more desirous to know the truth than to stay on the broad road to death.
Ask God to send loving, committed workers to the Pa Hng in the near future.
Pray the Pa Hng would no longer be hidden away from the influence of Christ.
Pray for dreams and visions of the victorious, risen Christ to come to the Pa Hng people.