Although education is available to the Meo, many of the children are unable to take advantage of the opportunity due to the distance from the village to the school or due to the costs. Of the few who do graduate and go on to college, only a handful return to their villages. Spirits can be benevolent or mischievous, protecting or bringing harm to men, beasts, and crops. Every house has an altar to ancestral spirits of grandparents and other relatives who died natural deaths in old age. If a Meo dies a tragic death, however, his evil spirit is supposedly left behind to bring havoc to his family and village, unless he is properly appeased.
Shamans are to be consulted before major decisions are made.
In the early 1900's, a Christian missionary helped to develop a phonetic script for the Flowery Meo. He translated the New Testament into their language and shared the Gospel with a small number of them. Sadly, the Chinese government has repressed any printing of the Scriptures and strongly discourages the use of the script. Prayer Points Take authority over the spiritual principalities that are keeping the Flowery Meo bound. Ask the Holy Spirit to grant wisdom and favor to the missions agencies that are targeting the Flowery Meo.