Paj Ntaub - upcoming modern Hmong movie

stars Hmong Georgia folks. Props!!! Cannot wait.

For those who don't know Hmong, there is English subs :D

The video won't let me embed but watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAxcs36p4Vg

Synopsis:
A love triangle between two good friends Nraug Hli Xiong aka 'X', Tou Lee and a fictional dream girl, Nkauj Hnub Xiong. X is every woman's dream man. He's successful, intelligent and beyond gorgeous, but even with all his good fortune X is empty knowing and sensing that his life is hollow and missing an essential element. Searching for the spark to his life X turns to his dreams and there finds this fantasy girl. Their love blossoms in his subconscious and X deters from reality to find a way to make his fantasy love come to life. However, trying to change the hands of fate, changes their destiny and X is trapped between two worlds.

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Georgia Hmong New Years 2009 - 2010

November 13 - 14, 2010

My mom sent the flyer to me so I could scan and put online. Here it is.

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Cha Mee Xiong concert in Georgia!

My mom wanted to post this on my blogs, so I scanned the flyer for her.

Cha Mee Xiong coming to Georgia on October 3rd, 2009

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Larb, a traditional Hmong meat salad

July 17, 10:19 AM


This chicken larb is eatten with lettuce leaves

The Hmong people are from Southeast Asia. There is a sizable Hmong community in Atlanta, though most of us have little information about their culture. For much of America, the film Gran Torino, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, was our first look into this community. The film takes place in Michigan and explores these fascinating people who have fled their homeland and are trying to find a way to fit in without losing their identity.

The largest Hmong population remains in China, but many have left because of persecution. During the Vietnam War, they were recruited by the CIA. Among other duties, they rescued American airmen who had to ditch their planes in the thick rain forest. When the US pulled out, the Hmong were mostly left behind. During the 1980s, many Hmong were housed in Thai refugee camps. Though some have stayed in Thailand, many have resettled in countries such as the United States, French Guiana, and France. Hmong have remained identifiable as a separate group because they have maintained their own language, customs, and ways of life while adopting the ways of the country in which they live. The language was not even written down until the 1950s. There is always fear that as the older generations pass on, the knowledge of the Hmong among Hmong-Americans will die as well.



Few restaurants serve the cuisine exclusively, though a few dishes can be found on Thai menus. Until recently, it was difficult to even find recipes. I recently heard an interview on the NPR program The Splendid Table about a new cookbook that preserves the culinary traditions of the Hmong called Cooking from the Heart. Sami Scripter and Sheng Yang gathered more than 100 recipes from Hmong-American kitchens. The authors worked with all 18 Hmong clans to gather and document, for the very first time, their recipes and traditions.

A typical Hmong dinner might include soup, sticky rice, a spicy chili condiment called simply pepper, a dish with meat and vegetables, plus a dish containing only vegetables. The meat and vegetable dish is often larb, virtually the national dish, since it can be made with any finely chopped meat. Larb is a kind of meat salad containing mint, cilantro and chili. It is eaten with lettuce leaves. To make it, check out this Larb recipe on the Splendid Table site.

The photos are of chicken larb and green papaya salad from Siam Thai located on the square in Decatur.

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Georgia Hmong New Years 2009-2010

By yours truly :)

Honestly, I'm not very happy with it cause it's plain but the Hmong organization wanted it that way.

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Multi-cultural night

Tori Xiong, Xai Thao, Tora Xiong and Iaong Xiong in traditional Hmong dress

POSTED June 8, 2009 10:23 a.m.

Bethlehem Elementary School celebrated Multi-Cultural Night on May 14.
The title of the event was "All the Colors of the Earth."

Everyone enjoyed the food and festivities. Parents brought in some of their favorite family dishes.

Sharon Rampey, from Publix at Winder Corners, assisted with gathering food samplings from around the world, and China Wok provided delicious Sesame Chicken and Shrimp Fried Rice.
The parents enjoyed a program which included many children singing and dancing.

The event concluded with a performance by the Apalachee Mariachi band.

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Hmong ppl in Gwinnett Daily Post

Note - I am going through my old documents and this link doesn't work anymore but it is from the Gwinnett Daily Post.

Georgia houses the nation’s 7th largest Hmong population with an estimated 447 living in Barrow County, according to the 2000 Census estimates. Over a three-week period, the Daily Post will look at the Hmong in Barrow and Banks counties, their families, religion and lifestyles.
The Hmong culture is thousands of years old. The earliest mention of them first appeared in Chinese historical records. The word “Hmong” means “free people,” and pinpoints their traditionally nomadic lifestyle. They left China in the 1800s for the rich and secluded mountains of Laos.

Youa Chou Thao, above, and his fellow Hmong soldiers fought alongside US troops in the Vietnam war, and were left behind to suffer under the government against which they fought when the US military pulled out of Southeast Asia.

More than 100,000 Hmong stayed in Thai refugee camps during a 10-year period. Most relocated to the United States, although some went to Australia and Europe. Extended Hmong families have settled in Barrow and Banks counties, finding the peace and quiet and land for farming to which they are accustomed.


Hmong publication schedule

April 15 — Hmong settle in Barrow CountyPresents the history of the Hmong people, their efforts in the Vietnam War and their journey to Georgia as seen through the life of Youa Chou Thao.

April 22 — Faith in the spirit: Hmong find refuge in new and old religious beliefsHmong practiced the ancient animism beliefs of ancestor and nature worship for thousands of years. Christian missionaries first took the gospel to Laotian Hmong in 1947 and found them very receptive. Many Georgia Hmong are Christian, others practice Animism while some practice a blend of both.

April 29 — A family together: Hmong family build homestead in Banks CountyWhen Youa Chay Heu and his wife, Lue, looked up at the green Banks County mountains, they found scenery and a climate remarkably similar to that which they left behind in Laos. Their nine children purchased individually a total of 120 adjoining acres near Commerce and created a homestead for their parents. Most of the siblings live on the acreage and Lue Hue farms two acres of rice paddy every year.

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.net/GDP-SpecialSections-2007/GDP-Hmong/hmong.html

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