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The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, CHV: Hmôngz, Nyiakeng Puachue: ππ©π°, Pahawh Hmong: π¬π¬£π¬΅, IPA:, Chinese: θζθδΊΊ) are an indigenous group in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people .
A large part of Hmong women's culture is sewing. Hmong women are highly skilled and famous for their fine needlework and embroidery called paj ntaub (flower cloth). An example of this ancient craft can be found in Chinese art albums. Women spend years on one piece of clothing for a wedding or other celebratory attire.
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 founding another Hmong clan. Some scholars believe this lends further credence to the idea that some or all of the present day Hmong clans were formed in this way.
Lee’s Olympic gold isn’t about meritocracy in the U.S.: It’s a reflection of the resilience of Hmong Americans, a predominantly refugee community, as well as her own, experts said.
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.
Mai Na Lee (also Mai Na M. Lee; c. 1971 [a]) is an associate professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities.She holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a researcher for the Hmong Studies Consortium.
SHEBOYGAN – A South High alum won the 2024 Miss Asian Global Pageant, becoming the first Hmong woman to claim the title in the competition’s nearly 40-year history.. Raine Xiong, 19, was among ...
The Hmong are a Southeast Asian ethnic group with their own distinct language and culture, according to the Hmong American Center. ... Many Hmong people were forced to flee and eventually came to ...