For many Hmong, part of the draw to rural areas of Arkansas and Oklahoma is the freedom to sacrifice animals and perform traditional ceremonies in their backyard. On his 52-acre commercial egg farm in Gentry, Arkansas, Jai's brother Xeng Lor shoots one of his cows as part of an all-day traditional Hmong ceremony. Their father Wang Chong Lor, a Hmong shaman, performed a ceremony to rid a family member of evil spirits.