HMONG FLOWER CLOTH MEANING?????

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Whats the meaning/significance of all the different symbols/animals/pattern/color used in hmong flower cloth??? I know the elephant means family but that is all...My mom won't tell me because of our different views and I can't find any information online.

[slude]

if your mom won't tell you, that says a lot about you.

i suggest you tell your mom you want to sew "hmong flower cloth", otherwise start at this ph thread to get familiar with the symbols
http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php/topic,44981.0.html

good luck.

ps. oh, don't think too hard on the symbology. a hart is a hart. a circle is just a circle.   

[hmongperson]

I don't think they have any symbolic meaning, apart from the fact that they have literal meanings.

[yuknowthat]

the word the wise ones says "kawm ntaub kawm ntawv koj thiaj li cheej neeg"...kawm ntaub is the flower cloth that been sew to tell a story..which chinese people don't want hmong people to learn how to write ..

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[Peachy Fish]

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Go to the link that Slude gave below.