HMONG THRILLS

Film makers capture Black Hmong life in the mountains of Sapa Vietnam.  The cute little song in the beginning is sung in the Hmong language. Meanwhile in the rest of the short film, the Hmong people are speaking in Vietnamese.

A fashion model wearing a Hmong silver headdress.

Coming to the United States after Vietnam War, Wang Pao Yang decided to let go of his children despite the Hmong family tradition.

Learn how to read and pronounce words in White Hmong, by Hello Learn Hmong

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We found some more badass Hmong inspired artwork by the talented Hmong American artist Dear Lenoire.  We’ve favorited these fun throw pillows for purchase and you should too! So adorable. Check out more Dear Lenoire artwork at her Zazzle shop: Dear Lenoire

Check out more Hmong inspired jewelry at Dear Lenoire’s Etsy Shop! Or at Dear Lenoire’s Depop Shop!

Hmong Children. Photographer unknown.

For the thousands of years, Hmong people have always had a flair and passion for joyful artistic and theatrical endeavors. Bewitching dances,soulful singing, and acrobatic performances with the Qeej, has always been essential in their celebrations. The Hmong New Year events happening around the globe includes marvelous and enchanting performances by talented Hmong dancers, artists, and musicians. The dazzling and merry performances are mesmerizing to watch and brings cheer and delight to all.

Hmong children playing on swings at the local playground. Photographer unknown.

A video of a Red Hmong woman playing the “ncas” a type of harp. The most haunting, soulful and melodic music is made with the Hmong ncas. Hmong youth are typically very shy to flirt publicly in the daytime. Instead of love letters, young lovers use the ncas in their romantic pursuits. Its subtle and dulcet notes encourages an intimate secrecy between young Hmong boys and girls in love. The ncas is traditionally used by the Hmong people in courtship and clever couples can use the instrument as a private form of communication. Since the Hmong language is a tonal language, if you can understand the Hmong language and tonal notes, you can combine the spoken word and verbal tones and speak in a secret musical language with the ncas. Unfortunately, the majority of the Hmong generation born and raised in the United States have lost this ncas playing skill, as well as this romantic tradition.

Many Hmong New Year celebrations in China, from Guizhou to Yunnan begin around the beginning of February and lasts between 5-14 days. The video is in the Hmong language only, but here is a synopsis: This video from Hmong World channel shows the Hmong New year from the Honghe province from a few years ago. Hmong people from around the world, from the States, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and so on all come to southern China to celebrate the many Hmong New Year events. There is a beautiful variety of Hmong fashion, many of the Hmong girls design and sew their own outfits, making it very unique and extravagant! In the interviews you can hear dialect differences and with some of the girls, just like in America with the younger generations, their Hmong language skills are not up to par either. They tend to speak Hmong at home, but Mandarin outside of the home, similar to Hmong Americans. There is a guest interview appearance by our international Hmong Qeej superstar Yang Geli at around the 14 minute mark. Warning, the video has some annoying things like the loudspeakers drowning out the actual interview, but it’s still interesting to view. There are tons of Hmong World videos to watch. Though not the slickest production quality nor very deep storytelling, the videos gives us some insight into Hmong lives on the other side of the world. We would love to visit China someday for the Hmong New Year, what about you?

“Nkauj Hmoob” meaning, ‘Maiden Hmong or Hmong Girl’ video shot at 2016-2017 Fresno California New Year really shows an amazing array of Hmong women’s fashion. We love Hmong fashion at Hmong Thrills, so we absolutely love this video and all the fashionable Hmong women in their gorgeous outfits! We love Hmong men’s fashion too, so let’s see more of that for 2017-2018 too!

It’s time to take your beautiful Hmong clothes out of the closet and dazzle the world! Yes, it’s that time of year again, Hmong communities all over the nation kick off their New Year’s celebration! There are beauty pageants, games, talent shows, dances, music entertainment, traditional singing, Hmong food, and much more!