Hmong China Guang xi Tshuav ncav

White Hmong from Guang xi plays a Hmong instrument called ncav

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• Hmong
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• China
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• traditional
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[mandead10]

wow..when was this taken?

[tsimmeejLi]

September 2008

[kevinhawj13]

@hmonguru Books? Of course we can write it down in books and able to teach younger generations from the book people who think it's a waste of time reading from book or writing down from book doesn't work, how can I say this (lazy). We were all able to educate ourselves here in America and learn most of their traditions. Most of their traditions we didn't learn it from books like Christmas, but then we still celebrated it right? or Thanksgiving like what we just had.

[kevinhawj13]

@hmonguru Family system breaks down? No your looking at it wrong doesn't matter if the family breaks down or not if the father or mother is committed to teaching them about our traditions they would I've seen many family that has break down problems, they still know the tradition. My uncle pass away before my cousin was born, now my cousin know how to hit the drum and all other tradition. just because family break down doesn't mean you can't learn, that's just ignorant thinking that way.

[hmonguru]

@kevinhawj13

Yes, that's true. And that's my point. Hmong culture is family oriented and is taught from parent to child and family to child. If the family system breaks down and the parents don't teach the children, then guess what? The culture dies. That's exactly what's happening. Hmong in a clinical environment doesn't work, because Hmong is a living culture. You can only apply what you learn if you live it. You can't learn it from a book.

[kevinhawj13]

@hmonguru That is true that most younger folks here are forgetting their cultures, but that is wrong for one point. It is wrong because the younger ones lack discipline no one is out there to teach these youngers or be commited to teaching them developing and help them learn our culture traditions. If there isn't anyone commited to teach us youngers of course we wouldn't know if we didn't go school to learn english we wouldn't know how to read or speak english. Hmong will live on.

[hmonguru]

@kevinhawj13

I mean that Hmong is going extinct if things don't change drastically. Hmong are assimilating to their host cultures and most of the younger folks today don't even know how to speak properly, let alone know about their history or culture. By the end of this century, it's likely to be extinct if things don't change.

[kevinhawj13]

@hmonguru What do you mean not for long, it's been a while now and we are still just Hmong never was Chinese. Of course Hmong would never bow down we are Hmong and remain Hmong, were not Hmong and then claim that were something else that's just a disgrace being ashamed of what you are and claim other race. That's like calling a Samoan a black person, they aren't black they are Pacific Islanders.

[hmonguru]

@kevinhawj13

You see, that right there is what makes Hmong, Hmong. But, not for long though. See, Hmong survived as long as we did because we refused to bow down. Nationality wise, you are Chinese because you have no other country. However, Hmong will insist they are not, especially Hmong that moved to SE Asia. Hmong in Laos are the "raw" Hmong that never accepted imperial rule.

But this will die off quickly with the new generation that can't even speak Hmong anymore...

[kevinhawj13]

@hmonguru No way Hmong is never considered to be Chinese we are different. Even if we did live in China that doesn't mean were Chinese.

[hmonguru]

@kevinhawj13

Maybe he was talking Nationality wise.  Nationality wise, you are of whatever citizenship or host country you live in. However, you still are Hmong by ethnic identity as long as you still: a.) speak your language b.) wear your clothes and c.) keep the traditions.

[ChillXionger]

awesome.. [=