General Vang Pao was a major leader for the Hmong American community in the United States. He helped thousands of Hmong people escape from Laos to the US after the Vietnam War. The Hmong language is primarily spoken by elders, while younger generations often speak both Hmong and English. Key phrases in Hmong include greetings like "Koj Tuaj los" meaning hello and "Mus ho tuaj" meaning goodbye. Hmong culture is celebrated through traditions like the New Year festival where people wear traditional clothing, sing, dance, and toss balls. Staple foods include rice, chicken, and pepper, with other dishes including sweet pork, papaya salad, and egg rolls.

1. HMONG
BY: NOU CHI YANG
HMONG

2. LANGUAGE
★ Hmong is the primary language
spoken at home especially for
the elderly.
★ Speaking Hmong and English.
PHRASES WE USE DAILY
➢ ”Koj Tuaj los” meaning hello;
welcome.
➢ “Mus ho tuaj” meaning good-
bye and come back
➢ ”Nyob zoo” means hello

3. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
General Vang Pao was a major general in the
Royal Lao Army. A leader to the Hmong American
Community in the United State. Thousands of people
follow him as a hero to our culture and as a saviour to
make it possible to come to the US.

4. ❏ Hmong New Year
(Once a year we wear our
Traditional clothing and go to
Hmong New Year.)
❏ People will chat, sing, toss ball
as a fun activity.
❏ Remembrance of our culture
TRADITION

5. “
❖ Rice is our main course.
❖ Chicken
❖ Pepper is a condiment but is consumed
daily as a course too.
FOOD

6. MORE FOOD
❖ Sweet Pork
❖ Papaya Salad
❖ Egg Roll
❖ Hmong Sausage
with Sticky Rice
❖ Fish
❖ Tapioca or 3
Mixed Colors
❖ Steam Rice Cake
❖ Hmong Jello
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7. ARTS
➔ Sewing is our form of art
and cultural heritage.
➔ Dancing is another form of
arts.
➔ Qeej is instrument that the
person performed and
dance with it.
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8. RELIGION
Shamanism was the only
religion back in the home
country. But now in the U.S.
our main one is Christianity.
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9. MORE RELIGIONS
● Catholicism
● Mormonism
● Shamanism
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10. FORM OF GOVERNMENT
My family is from a Communist. The
head is now Prime Minister.

11. 11
Clans
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