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Hmong or Mong ( / ΛmΚΕ / MUNG; RPA: Hmoob, Nyiakeng Puachue: ππ©π° β, Pahawh: π¬π¬£π¬΅, [mΜ₯ΙΜΜ]) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. [2]
Menace of Destruction ( MOD ), formerly known as Masters of Destruction, [1] [14] is a Hmong street gang created in 1988. Today, it is active in California, Midwestern United States and many places with large Hmong communities. It is known for murders, fights, shootings, and weapon and drug trafficking (mostly marijuana and methamphetamine ). [1]
As of the 2010 census, 260,073 Hmong people reside in the United States, [103] the majority of whom live in California (91,224), then Minnesota (66,181), and Wisconsin (49,240), an increase from 186,310 in 2000. [104] 247,595 or 95.2% are Hmong alone, and the remaining 12,478 are mixed Hmong with some other ethnicity.
The Hmong calendar ( Pahawh: π¬π¬£π¬΅ π¬π¬π¬° π¬π¬°π¬§π¬΅ π¬π¬― π¬π¬²π¬₯π¬°; RPA: Hmoob daim teej cim zwj) is a lunar calendar used by the Hmong people since, according to Hmong legends and folklore, ancient times. Its origins are unknown. However, it is believed to be created during ancient Hmong civilization in todayβs ...
The Hmong bore the brunt of the burden because they were already marginalized by the Lao, Vietnamese, and Tai people. The situation became so bad that many were forced to sell their children to pay the tax. Youth. Pa Chay was an Hmong Vue orphan who grew up in LΓ o Cai Province, Vietnam, which is still a stronghold of the Hmong. He was raised ...
Vue Pa Chay's revolt. Vue Pa Chay's revolt, also called War of the Insane or the Madman's War ( Guerre du Fou) by French sources, was a Hmong revolt against taxation in the French colonial administration in Indochina lasting from 1918 to 1921. Vue Pa Chay, the leader of the revolt, regularly climbed trees to receive military orders from heaven.
Miao folk religion. Yeeb and yaj symbol used by a Hmong American folk religious institution. Kev Dab Kev Qhuas ( Hmong folk spirituality or Miao folk spirituality) is the common ethnic religion of the Miao people, best translated as the "practice of spirituality". [1] The religion is also called Hmongism by a Hmong American church established ...
Hmong Today ( Xov-Xwm Hmoob) is a U.S. nationwide newspaper documenting the news and culture of the Hmong American community. [1] It is published biweekly and based in St. Paul, Minnesota. [2] The publisher of the newspaper is Sang Moua [3] and the president of the company is Sy Vang. [4] In 2022, archives of Hmong Today were included in an ...