MANITOWOC - In every culture, clothing is an important piece of heritage — from the material and the colors, to the embroidery and beads, clothing can tell a whole story. For Hmong Americans, clothing ...

HSP hosts the Hmong New Year at their cultural park in Newton, about 50 miles northwest of Charlotte. This story first appeared as part of WFAE's EQUALibrium newsletter, exploring race and equity in ...

WESTON - Every year in early November, Greenheck Field House is filled with people in traditional Hmong clothing. There's singing, dancing, sticky rice with sausage, crafts and more. The Hmong New ...

OROVILLE — Thousands across the north state rang in the new year Saturday and Sunday at the 28th annual Oroville Hmong New Year Festival. Each year, attendees dress in their brightest traditional ...

Lee Pao Xiong said he can imagine what ground zero must smell like. When Xiong was a boy growing up in Laos, he saw hardships and death in the Vietnam War. After his family moved to the United States, ...

Xiong Yang said seeing young people embrace the Hmong culture — even for a day — is important. "We’re trying to teach them our heritage and roots, so our heritage doesn’t die," he said during Hmong ...

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A box of red, white and blue cupcakes is set on the table. In broken English and heavy accents, the group of Hmong elders at the Hmong American Partnership sing "Happy 73 rd Birthday" to Kia Vang.

SAN DIEGO — While San Diego County's Hmong community has dwindled in numbers over the past four decades, those who remain are determined to keep their culture alive. Among them is San Diegan Pa Yang, ...

FRESNO, CA — When Lisa Lee Herrick was young, she remembers the time of every year when “every relative, from Minnesota to France” arrived at her doorstep. Herrick, an award-winning Hmong American ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman ...