Hmong Culture

Music and Dance

Hmong Language Radio Broadcasts

 

Hmong Traditional Songs

 

Hmong Flute Music

 

Hmong qeej players, St. Paul MN (includes audio/visual clips)

[Requires RealPlayer plug-in.]

 

Hmong Music in Vietnam

 

Arts and Crafts

Hmong Paj Ntuad Embroidery (QuiltEthnic.com)

 

Hmong Textiles (University of California-Irvine)

 

MacDowell, Marsha. Stories in Thread: Hmong Pictorial Embroidery. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Traditional Arts Program, Folk Arts Division, Michigan State University Museum, 1989.
Available in UL NonPrint Collection: 65-1653

 

Ceremonial Skirt (The Minneapolis Institute of Arts)

 

Stories and Literature

Traditional Songs and Stories of the Hua Miao of South West China. Compiled and translated by R. Keith Parsons.

 

Livo, Norma, and Dia Cha. Folk Stories of the Hmong: Peoples of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1991.

 

Xiong, Blia. Nine-In-One Grr! Grr!; A Folktale from the Hmong People of Laos. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1989.

 

Giacchino-Baker, Rosalie. The Story of Mah: A Hmong "Romeo and Juliet" Folktale. El Monte, CA: Pacific Asia Press, 1997.

 

Foods and Food Preparation

Cultural Diversity: Eating in America -- Hmong (Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet)

 

Hmong-style Spicy Carrot Salad

 

Chicken with Cucumber and Bitter Melon

 

Kab Yob: Hmong Eggrolls