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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.
Bua Xou Mua (1915–2013), also known as Boua Xou Mua, was a Hmong spiritual leader, village chief, and musician. He was known for his recitation of the Hmong oral epic and playing of the gaeng (bamboo mouth organ).
Lue Yang (RPA: Luj Yaj, Pahawh: π¬π¬Άπ¬ π¬π¬°π¬€) is a popular Hmong singer from Thailand. [citation needed] He is considered to be one of the most well known of Hmong singers to date. He gained notoriety when two of his songs appeared in a Hmong dubbed Thai film called "Kev Hlub Txiav Tsis Tau". [1]
Thai Thao, frontman for pioneering Hmong rock band the Sounders, has been on a farewell tour performing as Thai Sounders. His final show is set for the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on Feb. 10.
The lusheng can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty with a history of 3000 years in China. It is originated from the Central Plains Region of China. After spreading to the rural regions of southwestern China, lusheng became one of the favorite traditional instruments in several Chinese minority ethnic groups (in particular, the Miao, Yao, Dong, and Yi). [1]
Paradise is a Hmong-American pop band originally started in 1989. Consisting of seven members; Ko Yang (Lead Singer), Phong Yang (), Haget Yang (), Long Her (), Kou Thor (Piano), Cina Chang (Keyboard), Nao Vang (Guitar), and April Vang (Lead Vocalist), the group features diverse talents.
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 ...
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.