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QUOTE FOR YOUTUBER: "Don't assume what you dont know ... and from each other you will learn something."

TO ALL THE HMONGS: Dont forget why you are here, dont forget your past, history & your People. It's who you are, your roots. (And wear traditional clothes to the new year, if you got the money to buy so much american clothes, why not save some to buy some traditional hmong clothes...& for a couple days out each year, you'll stand out of the Asian American community as "Hmong". Without culture, roots, traditions, etc...you're just another person. You're born into one of the most culture rich group of people, dont waste it, dont take it for granted. We must all do our part to keep it alive, like our ancestors before us. )
Better your people, tradition, cultures, txuj ci before any others, why bc if u loved your people and know your history, you will understand. If you dont do it, who will? If you better someone elses talent, you will not get the credit, if you better your peoples talent, you and your people will benefit from it. I see so many talented people, dont waste it.
What makes hmong/miao people beautiful is their deep cultures, traditions, launguage, diversity, ancient history, and hospitality. Everything thats make us Hmong/miao make us beautiful.

R.I.P.
Uncle Grandpa Xia Chou Thor (May 17, 2010)
My Dear Grandpa Neng Thor Xiong (October 23, 2010)
RIP General Vang Pao (January 6, 2011)

Love your elders...they lived through an important history, their love for their people and culture are greater than the young people nowadays. I feel like with the pasting of every elder our past & purpose & our people & culture are going with them, bc it seems like their purpose are not the younger generations purpose. iono.

I am sadden and mad by the thought of all the killing and hatred of hmong people...and now hmong are used as tourist attractions, yes it help them financially, but that is no excuse to be used as tourist attractions by the country they live in, which use to either kill or have hated them...There are so many other ways people can help these people, like example: ayouduo 'showing the world her own ethnicity and culture and traditions'......Now these other country's love hmong clothing, silvers, etc. and tries to make copies of them and add it to their own clothes...maybe im just too mad at the moment but i am not very happy about what i am seeing. Hmong people should be taught to make their goods for sell, so I WONT have to buy it 'manufatured' by some other people who are making money off of what my people created! So technically some of these countries are not helping us Hmong!...So dont claim you're helping Hmong ppl or other poor ethnic groups when your killing them or their culture=existance off the face of earth...........i went a bit over the top but you guys get the point. =_=


The hmong language and all languages are beautiful... the hmong language: the poems can be romantic but the basics are very sad. With the history we have our language has devevolped into a very sad language or maybe its the way we say it, which we use every day now. So much have been lost...we know only the very basic of our language.....i feel like theres so much lost through time...even the elders never knew about it..... the feeling of this lost and not having accomplished enough through all our struggles & not only our language lost but our people in the process of conserving our identity and language. ...can really bring tears to your eyes..... so think about it? who you are? what you're gonna make of yourself in this world? what difference you can make ..... starting with your family .... one thing ive learned is... "ones life is delicate and fragile, someone can be there today and gone tomorrow...but forever left their mark in your heart and without them .... how that mark starts to ache...."

Fighting in the vietnam war ... some people say hmong people were stupid to follow a traitor like vang pao. I've heard both sides...but ive also heard about how hmong fell behide bc of greed, killing to be on top...I am not impressed by those who dislike him, everyone has there reasons. How about we use "hmong sib hlub hmong" instead of blaming this and that, ok...
I have all respect for General Vangpao, bc i know that some hmong people love to spread faults rumor about someone when they are doing well.

Lately I've been learning more and more about hmong people our Txiv yawg or to chinese known as the "god of war" Chiyou....and to the koreans, was their 19th emperor of baegal, Chi woo...
Im still uncertain but i am deeply happy to know my roots, and it was something i am really proud to be a part of... I have never been so proud, and yet sad from the recent death of my grandpa...may he find his way to our homeland and ancestor. My grandpa was born 1928 pem lub zos ntawv qab rob xamleeb

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