Counting the stars on a clear night might seem like a fun idea, but according to an ancient Hmong superstition – it will cause your stomach to burst. Yeng Moua, education chairman of the Hmong ...

Sounding a bit like bagpipes, the qeej is used by Hmong people in Vietnam to connect with the spirit world. We follow two of the last makers of the instrument as they shape its sacred sound from ...

But when it comes to significant colours to Hmong communities, red, white and black or the auspicious ones. According to Mr Chai Khue Xiong, a Hmong Australian elder who has known and practised ...

But 11-year-old Irene Her stands in front of the classroom, confidently weaving Hmong words together to talk about the “lub vab,” a basket tool used in the Southeast Asian culture. Irene is among the ...