H'Mong Girl Makes Horse Figure From Plant

[gkraz]

she knew more complicated figures but only showed you a simple horse.

[1000blahh]

i know some hmong people >.<

[useahammer]

Very nice. She speaks English very well, and is a cool kid for helping you to make this video. I want to visit the H'mong People sometime soon. I live in Vung Tau City, and have been to only a few places in Vietnam so far.

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

@useahammer She learned English 100% from tourists. I hope you get a chance to visit the H'mong, definitely my favorite memories of Vietnam.

[niamtxiv]

Very impressive.

[alladinmoua]

Ah, I hope to go to Vietnam and China some day to see my people.

By "ham" Ha probably meant to say "hemp". The Hmong have a very long history of spinning and weaving hemp into clothes. However, with the introduction of cotton and other readily-made fabrics (as well as Western clothing), hemp weaving is an endangered art of my people.

[endsOFearthDOTCOM]

Thank you! How did I never figure out it was hemp! I googled it then, but never found the plant name...now if I google "Hmong clothing hemp" I of course find that's what it is! Duh. Their word and/or pronunciation must be a little different because all the vendors who tried selling me clothing said "ham."

I hope you get to visit, too! The Sapa region was my favorite place in SE Asia because of the beauty of the mountains and the interesting minority populations, especially the Hmong.