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Little is known about the origin of the Miao term and the people it referenced historically, since the Han used it loosely to identify non-Han in Southern China until the Tang Dynasty when evidence of its association with the Hmong became more apparent. [11] [20] Its origin can be dated before the Qin dynasty (221 BCE). Thereafter it was ...
The Mường refer themselves by their variations of endonym Mol/Monl/Moan (people) [10] and mwal tlong (inner people), [11] while the term Mường is a mere xenonym used by the Vietnamese and then French administration implied that xenonym Mường to various Mường-speaking tribes into one single Mường ethnicity during the 1920s. [10]
It is, generally, from the 9th month to the 11 month of the Chinese Lunar calendar that Miao, Hmong people in China celebrate the new year. Often, it lasted between five and fifteen days. In the Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Burma, Hmong people celebrate it between October and November. It depends on their crops.
In St. Paul about 2,000 Hmong people have their bachelor's degree, 150 have their master's degree, and 68 have received their doctoral degree, [64] [65] [66] which is a very low percentage considering the population of Hmong Americans in St. Paul is less than 36,000.
Many Hmong and non-Hmong people who are learning the Hmong language tend to use the word xim (a borrowing from Thai/Lao) as the word for 'color', while the native Hmong word for 'color' is kob. For example, xim appears in the sentence Liab yog xim ntawm kev phom sij with the meaning "Red is the color of danger / The red color is of danger".
Hmong Americans are the largest Asian ethnic group in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [3] [4] Allies of the United States in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and later stages of the Laotian Civil War, they started seeking asylum as political refugees after the communist takeover in both nations in 1975, including the Hmong genocide in Laos.
Hmong cuisine comprises the culinary culture of Hmong people, an Asian diaspora originally from China who are present today in countries across the world. Because Hmong people come from all over the world, their cuisine is a fusion of many flavors and histories in East and Southeast Asia, as well as modern diasporas in the Western world such as the United States.
Mung bean, a bean native to Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan; Mung, common name of the brown algae Pylaiella; Mung, a dialect or related language of the Phunoi language of Laos; Mung, malevolent spirits in Mun (religion) of the Lepcha people of Sikkim; MUNG, ICAO code for Rafael Cabrera Mustelier Airport in Cuba