It's not about me. I grew up in the culture. I know what it's like. When I take my kids to the Hmong New Year (and I do it every year, btw), it is not the same way I had experienced it. My dad threw the very first Hmong New Year in CO back in the 80's. He was the president of the Hmong community at the time and I believe he was also the first one.
I can beat you!
The NC new year...a long time ago was held in my relatives backyard!!!
We had to go help clear the grass!
Now the place where the current new year is held, we played the first call game there. And it was just grass!
Anyways...yeah its sad "real hmong culture is fastly fading"... a lot of the young folks express no care for it.
And their parents could care less too....
Just like that 20 year old hmong girl I met who couldn't speak or understand hmong...
She said her mom told her she didn't want her to learn or speak hmong....
I was thinking... "wtf"...
You know...folks need to realize no matter how hard they try to distance themselves from hmongs and being hmong or hmong-like.....no matter how good your English is and have no accent....no matter how well you fit in into other cultures and ethnicities...
and even if all your friends are non hmong and even your best friends.....
At the end of the day...99 percent of you got almond shaped eyes...brown,black hair...tan skin....you're still hmong...
Yo mom was hmong...dad was hmong...granda
d was hmong..grandma was hmong...your parents killed cjickens...cow
s...pigs....
You are hmong.