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Hmong music is an important part of the culture of the Hmong people, an ethnic group from southeast Asia. Because the Hmong language is tonal, there is a close connection between Hmong music and the spoken language. Music is an important part of Hmong life, played for entertainment, for welcoming guests, and at weddings and funerals.
Students performing a traditional dance at a high school on the outskirts of Vientiane, Laos.Many Hmong families are moving into lowland villages, and are becoming more integrated into Lao life but still retain a strong sense of their own culture and heritage.
In the late 1980s, playwright Jaime Meyer worked with Hmong youth to produce Hmong Tapestry: Voices from the Cloth. In 1990, Meyer and director Nkauj'lis Lyfoung formed Pom Siab Hmoob Theatre (PSHT). It was the first Hmong theater company in the world. [1] Between 1990 and 1997, PSHT wrote and produced eight successful plays in St. Paul.
EAU CLAIRE— For the first time since the pandemic, the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association (ECAHMAA) will present a Hmong New Year celebration this weekend. The two day festival ...
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There are a number of folk dances which are popular with Lao Theung and Lao Sung groups, which have heavily adopted traditional Lao dance features. The Hmong perform the "fon bun kin chieng" or Hmong “New Year dance;” the Khmu have a courtship dance known as the "fon pao bang"; the Red and Black Tai have a bamboo cane dance, and the Yao are ...
Gha-Mu, also known as Small Flowery Miao (Chinese: 小花苗; pinyin: xiǎo huā miáo) and Blue Hmong, are a Miao ethnic group in China. They are from Guizhou and belong to the Hmong people. [1] Many of them are Christians. [1] The number of persons within this group likely exceeds 100,000. They are speakers of the Gha-Mu language. [2]
The 12 year old joined the marching band and a line of dancers to square dance to “My House” and “Texas Hold ‘Em.” Getty Images Blue matched with her mother and the other dancers in an ...