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A Hmong theologian, Rev. Dr. Paul Joseph T. Khamdy Yang has proposed the use of the term "HMong" in reference to the Hmong and the Mong communities by capitalizing the H and the M. The ethnologist Jacques Lemoine has also begun to use the term (H)mong in reference to the entirety of the Hmong and Mong communities.
It is called Hmong Noj Peb Caug Xyoo Tshiab (Hmong New Year) in the Hmong language and its origin dates back to the Song dynasty (960 - 1279), [32] so around 1,000 years ago. The celebration now takes place between September and December depending on where the Hmong live.
The first group is the White Hmong ethnic , the second one is the Green Hmong or Hmong Green [31] or Hmong Leng [32] ethnic (Hmoob Leeg or Ntsuab), and the last one is the Black Hmong, Hmong Dou [33] ethnic (Hmoob Dub). There are also some small Hmong ethnic groups like Hmong multicolor (Hmoob Txaij) and Hmong qua npab.
“If history isn’t documented, then it’s forgotten,” a librarian involved in creating Fresno State’s Hmong history repository said. Hmong culture in 1960s war-torn Laos documented by ...
The Hmong accounts for 6-10% of the total population of Laos, and remain most numerous and concentrated in eastern Xiangkhouang. In the province the White Hmong, the Striped Hmong, and the Green Hmong can be distinguished. The easiest way to differentiate these groups is by looking at the women's dresses.
Hmong women who married Han Chinese men founded a new Xem clan among Northern Thailand's Hmong. Fifty years later in Chiangmai two of their Hmong boy descendants were Catholics. [ 44 ] A Hmong woman and Han Chinese man married and founded northern Thailand's Lau2, or Lauj, clan, [ 44 ] , with another Han Chinese man of the family name Deng ...
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Hmong New Year is the biggest holiday of the year in Hmong culture, Vue said. Traditionally, the Hmong are agriculturalists and the new year celebrates the end of the harvest.