I'm Laotian American and I have nothing but admiration for the Hmong people, and my father had Hmong friend when he was in Royal Lao Army. Hmong people fought so hard with bravery against the communist Lao PDR.
Just watching a few seconds already shows the huge difference in culture, clothes, appearance, and religion between the Lao and Hmong. It is very very obvious. Nothing alike. Hmong people in the West should stop treating Laos as a homeland and think more of our real ancestral homeland China, where millions of our Hmong brothers and sisters still live. There is the real origin of our people and culture
@@Dtt4 They came from a region that would become China before it was China, and their existence as the Lao ethnicity didn't exist yet at that time. It's not the same thing. The Hmong have a long and intimate relationship with the Chinese and the Chinese state. Our political and social concepts are those based off the Chinese concept, very much unlike the Lao
Even though Laos is not the original homeland to the Hmong, people born there treat it as is because it's the only "home" they know. Just the same concept as your own home. I'm Hmong-American, born and raised. The US is my homeland, it may not be my native but it's the only "home" I know of. Was never raised nor live else where, therefore this is my "home".
@@H3ll0-W0rld1 yes it’s true that what is now known as “China” may be our ancestral homeland (and still is for some Hmong communities) but it is not incorrect to state that some Hmong people call Laos, the U.S, and other countries their home since they have lived there for generations. Claim whatever country you want as your “motherland” but there’s no need to go around calling people’s opinions “adolescent”. Not everyone will have the same opinion as you.
@@H3ll0-W0rld1 don’t get me wrong. You’re correct in that Hmong people originated from China. I only meant to clarify that it is not incorrect or “adolescent thinking” for some Hmong people to claim other countries as their homeland (other than China). My comment was not meant to be a personal attack. Hope you understand
that’s not what he is trying to say, yes Lao people also came from china and settle in the land today which is known as Laos. Yes they have to fight off other people just to gain that land as their country. Sorry for the Hmong people who are not educated in this matter. They didn’t know that Lao people also use to live in china also. What he is trying to say is Lao and Hmong were never the same people. Language is different, so is their religion and cultures. Even back then when they both were in china Hmong and Lao never share any similarities. Hmong is closer to mien while Lao is closer to Thai. Nothing to be ashamed off. He was just pointing that out because since Hmong don’t have a country now people think that Hmong originate in Laos and since they are in Laos they are ethic Lao. Which they were never was. Matter of fact Lao people didn’t even accept the Hmong people as a Lao citizen until the 1950. They were always consider outsider. Now a day communist Lao try to brainwash the people in Lao saying that Hmong and Lao people both came out of Lao. That what my niece who goes to school in Laos told me. She said the school system there teaches them that Hmong people and Lao people are indigenous to that land and they never came from anywhere else. Back then I thought that Thai and lao was basically the same thing but I was naive and wrong later I found out that they are different group of people. So when a Thai and lao person who are more similar culture wise and language wise and yet they still don’t claim that they are one or another. Thats why as a Hmong person who is totally different from a Lao person they should never be considered as one ethic or even in the same family branch because we are not. And fyi Lao people always call the Hmong people Miao or meo as they say it in their language that’s what they told the French who started calling the Hmong that also. It wasn’t until the Vietnam war when they started not using that term.
Beautiful music
I'm Laotian American and I have nothing but admiration for the Hmong people, and my father had Hmong friend when he was in Royal Lao Army. Hmong people fought so hard with bravery against the communist Lao PDR.
Pom tej no ma nco txog lub teb lub Chaw thiab lub neej yav tag los❤❤
Love this video❤❤❤
Made me missing the country and in the pass 😊😊
Thank you for sharing this fascinating and peaceful life video before the Secret War in Laos.
Just watching a few seconds already shows the huge difference in culture, clothes, appearance, and religion between the Lao and Hmong. It is very very obvious. Nothing alike. Hmong people in the West should stop treating Laos as a homeland and think more of our real ancestral homeland China, where millions of our Hmong brothers and sisters still live. There is the real origin of our people and culture
You know, the Lao people also came from China.
@@Dtt4 They came from a region that would become China before it was China, and their existence as the Lao ethnicity didn't exist yet at that time. It's not the same thing. The Hmong have a long and intimate relationship with the Chinese and the Chinese state. Our political and social concepts are those based off the Chinese concept, very much unlike the Lao
Even though Laos is not the original homeland to the Hmong, people born there treat it as is because it's the only "home" they know. Just the same concept as your own home. I'm Hmong-American, born and raised. The US is my homeland, it may not be my native but it's the only "home" I know of. Was never raised nor live else where, therefore this is my "home".
@@H3ll0-W0rld1 yes it’s true that what is now known as “China” may be our ancestral homeland (and still is for some Hmong communities) but it is not incorrect to state that some Hmong people call Laos, the U.S, and other countries their home since they have lived there for generations. Claim whatever country you want as your “motherland” but there’s no need to go around calling people’s opinions “adolescent”. Not everyone will have the same opinion as you.
@@H3ll0-W0rld1 don’t get me wrong. You’re correct in that Hmong people originated from China. I only meant to clarify that it is not incorrect or “adolescent thinking” for some Hmong people to claim other countries as their homeland (other than China). My comment was not meant to be a personal attack. Hope you understand
that’s not what he is trying to say, yes Lao people also came from china and settle in the land today which is known as Laos. Yes they have to fight off other people just to gain that land as their country. Sorry for the Hmong people who are not educated in this matter. They didn’t know that Lao people also use to live in china also. What he is trying to say is Lao and Hmong were never the same people. Language is different, so is their religion and cultures. Even back then when they both were in china Hmong and Lao never share any similarities. Hmong is closer to mien while Lao is closer to Thai. Nothing to be ashamed off. He was just pointing that out because since Hmong don’t have a country now people think that Hmong originate in Laos and since they are in Laos they are ethic Lao. Which they were never was. Matter of fact Lao people didn’t even accept the Hmong people as a Lao citizen until the 1950. They were always consider outsider. Now a day communist Lao try to brainwash the people in Lao saying that Hmong and Lao people both came out of Lao. That what my niece who goes to school in Laos told me. She said the school system there teaches them that Hmong people and Lao people are indigenous to that land and they never came from anywhere else. Back then I thought that Thai and lao was basically the same thing but I was naive and wrong later I found out that they are different group of people. So when a Thai and lao person who are more similar culture wise and language wise and yet they still don’t claim that they are one or another. Thats why as a Hmong person who is totally different from a Lao person they should never be considered as one ethic or even in the same family branch because we are not. And fyi Lao people always call the Hmong people Miao or meo as they say it in their language that’s what they told the French who started calling the Hmong that also. It wasn’t until the Vietnam war when they started not using that term.
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