I'm not even hmong(I'm korean) but I got goosebumps. Not lying. I'm interested in hmong culture and language these days and I'm so impressed about hmong people...
There are some young Hmong people living in Korea for education. Plus some of my Hmong ladies married to Korean men. If you ever meet any Hmong students or wives who are Hmong, you can be friends, and learn about us from them.
Well done my Hmong people always remember who you are where you are origin , Hmong is one strong nation to survive today no matter where you lived how difficult it is Hmong people can manage to live on. Love you all my Hmong fellow.
Thank you for featuring my people in this video. They maybe poor and uneducated but their heart is true. Hmong no matter where we all might end up. No matter what country we may end up calling home. You all will always be in my heart. My heart is overwhelmed seeing how far some of us have come. And how much it hurt seeing so much of us still struggle so hard for a better life. As always love you all. And I dream that some day, 1 will unite the clans and really teach the true meaning of Hmoob Hlub Hmoob. Please help each other and be kind to one another.
This is very interesting to me especially because I’m half Vietnamese and Hmong. Thanks for taking the time to capture our beautiful Hmong people, as many folks are not educated about us.
I am surprised they tend to speak English better then Vietnamese. Vietnamese must be an hard language to learn or English much easier. As for the Hmong language, now that is a bit on the difficult side tbh
I am Hmong and I accept the changes that will be taking place. With more more tourism the authenticity of this culture will slowly change to be more Western. It’s ok, that’s how it’s always been. We have always changed and adapted. For now though, thanks for helping to promote peace , understanding and economic opportunities for in the form of tourism. Changes is inevitable and part of the human condition as a whole.
Thank you very much PATA Foundation and Capilano University students for giving my people a hand. I did my part, and want to do more in the near future. I hope my fellow Hmong brothers and sisters will see this and offer to help. Our people have long been denied the education by the political majority, whether it be in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, or China. Only in America that the many Hmong people do not take advantage of the opportunity they have in front of them. The Hmong (best pronounced without the H) is a new version of Mong, which is the actual and correct name. The name "Hmong" is often used and better known in the world due to the influence of the "White Hmong" when westerners first encountered them in Laos, especially with former General Vang Pao. The White Hmong surrendered to the Chinese many thousands of years ago after the defeat of the Mong king Txiv Yawm in what his now, Zhoulu, China, about 2 hours north of Beijing, and changed their outfit and dialect, leaving the "Green Mong or preferred named, Moob Leeg to protect Mong land during the San Miao period.
Thank you for the clarification. That was what I was told too. There was no White Hmong back in the days only Hmong Leeg. And the story why White Hmong women are wearing pants only in Laos once migranted there. They had changed to pants (men, women n childten) so from a distance they all look like men to the Chinese n appear out numbers. They changed their dialect too so the Chinese would not recognize that they are Hmong. The word " kwv n tij; the younger brother n older brother" literally mean the opposite n simply to disguise n stop the Chinese from taking the older brother to war. The family rather send the younger brother to war verse the older brother bc the older brother can care for the family but not the younger brother :(
I was in Sapa a few years ago with my siblings. We fell in love with the black Hmong. They are so incredibly friendly. I love their smiles and their abilities to speak many languages. If I ever get a chance to go back, I think I want to spend more time with them and have them show me around town. :)
It’s refreshing to see that Americans are teaching and creating opportunities for hmong people in rural Vietnam! I’m a Hmong American and when I retire, I will go to South East Asia teach, create and bring the world market to my Hmong people around South east Asia and even China if they allow me!!
There are a lot of highly educated Hmong in the world so the Vietnamese nor anyone should not look down on us. We have a hand in putting together satellites so you can now enjoy your GPS and cellular signals. We have doctors, lawyers, PhD's, and a thriving entrepreneurial community in the US. We now have an Olympic Gold Medalist! We've made a multi-centuries leap from grass huts to high tech in in less than 50 years. That is progress! I am proud to be Hmong.
Thank you for the American who visited my Hmong people in Vietnam, took the time to learn about them, and gave them some education. Also thank you for this video about my people.
Wow thank you for helping my country and I’m also Hmong and I thank you for letting us see and it’s kinda hard for kids there and there not as lucky as my so I have to try hard
I didn't want to hear Americans telling me who hmong people are. I feel a connection between my cultures history and there's. Thank You I will teach my children.
You captured something so beautiful and close to our hearts: culture and identity. It is so radiant and resonating to the soul and fabric of what it means to be Hmong.
I thank you for what you do here for the Hmong in Vietnam. They are hard working people, they deserve the respect and help they can get. Please be their voices.
If you are going to tell of a group of people, PLEASE PLEASE learn to pronounce the name correctly. You don't say K-nife. Why would you call them H-Mong? That just kills me. Pronounce Mong. H is silence.
I am hmong and i don’t know the origin of pronouncing h’mong comes from. Maybe thats the way they said it only in Sapa Vietnam. Here is the USA we call ourself “mong”. The “h” is silent. So plse only call h”mong in vietnam if thats they way the prefer you to call them, but not us here. Thanks!
Relax. Why are you busting someone's nuts about pronouncing it wrong. At least they actually went out of their way to film and show us this beautiful people, culture and video. #Hmongvietnam
@@thugiang3177 looks like alot of people here are not happy the fact that in Vietnam Hmong was pronounced " H-Mong" do you know why? Perhaps you can shed a light on this mystery how H-Mong was all started n why?
You know !! every time I see my Hmong peoples I feel sad . Because we are good people in the World ,we are suppose to have a Hmong Country and to keep our culture our language forever.
In a couple of day I will be walking with these people and him communities for three days. I think it will be a great experience to get the knowledge and and learn about a different culture :) I am so glad for it.
I’m hmong, I’m kind of tired of hearing westerners talk about the hmong like they’re cut off from society. The truth is we are a displaced people torn from wars and genocide. The hmong are not limited to being indigenous people in Vietnam. We are in 1st world to 3rd world countries. I think it’s arrogant to exclude the full story about the hmong people if you’re just limiting the story to what your interaction is very close to the white savior perspective. If you choose to help then it’s fine but this tone in narrative is unsettling.
In a way, some white people are some Hmong people’s savior. I’m Hmong too and I have to give thanks to the white people who helped sponsor my family to America and helped us navigate America. They were the nicest people and still are today.
@@ks5865 never went there because that’s not what I was saying. Hmong people have been around for more than 5000 years. It’s only pop culture to see us hmong people as perpetual foreigners. We need our own stories told more than we do about people visiting us because we are a people that have known oppression for generations. So oppressed that we lost our written language. I don’t spew hate at white people. There is a shared history with the Christian missionaries that have created a great bond between 2 diffident cultures of people separated by oceans before the internet. We just need more of our voices to speak for ourselves rather than outsiders who can only look from the outside
@@SeeHang Well calling documentation "white saviour complex" of their culture and also the first reply to you is what I get tired of seeing everywhere. Everyone gets a free pass to pick on the white people but white people can't even dare making a video about some other culture in another country without someone getting upset.
At the rate this is going, all Hmongs will be speaking English with foreign accents. I am still uncertain whether the impact on local lifestyles and cultures from mass tourism is a good thing. During my last trip. I saw young Hmong ladies drinking and playing pool with westerners and I have been told they take drugs, too. It's sad to see an ancient and beautiful culture being corrupted by commercialism and western ideas of tourism.
There is nothing wrong with playing pool or drinking. Drinking is a big part of Hmong culture. It is a way of offering/accepting friendship. Refusing an alcohol offer is like refusing a friendship offer. You have to look at this change through the lens of the black Hmong. *_They also have hopes and dreams and a strong desire to be educated. They don't want to live the rest of their lives as mountainous people._* Many people are expressing concern over the increased tourism in Lao Cai, but what options are you or others offering to them? Tourism is the best option they have at the moment since the government doesn't do much to help them.
tourism is bringing in money and international exposure to a lot of ethnic minorities in third world countries but at the same time a lot of the youths are leaving behind their culture to adapt to the modern to make a living. like girls working at karaoke bars trying to con western man or try to marry any Western man just to get to a 1st world country, kids as young as 7 are working the streets hustling tourists. the boys will grow up to be pimps or traffickers, the girls will work in sex shops
Hmong people are not stupid, as classified by others. We can easily adapt / survive in any environments/conditions. If given the opportunity, we can achieve great things. Just look at Hmong American; just only 45 years living in the US, we have achieved many things; many are highly educated. Many doctors, engineers, lawyers, politicians, millionaires, etc. If you look at China history, Hmong/Mong people were the early government and officials of China. I’m proud to be a Hmong. I am an engineer and a Hmong history scholar.
I've been to Sapa twice and am love with the area and the people. I hate the fact that they are marginalized. I wish Hmong people there could be more politically active and take charge of their own community. That's another story :) Anyway, I appreciate what Capilano University is doing. The Black Hmong folks are definitely friendly and unique in so many different ways. I plan to spend my summer there again this year and would love to participate in your projects.
These people groups physical features really look like the Ifugaos ! And looking at those rice terraces would make you think you're in Banaue , Mayoyao or Hungduan of Ifugao. Very interesting.
That was a beautiful short. Loved it. As a Hmong American born here in the US, it's interesting to see about the Hmong in Vietnam. Sad to hear about the discrimination they face. So grateful there are people and organizations like y'all out there doing this. Much respect! ✌️
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@@jinchang1392 Your comment implies it's just Hmong history for the people who immigrated to USA. There's plenty of Hmong history for other Hmong people that are living in SE Asia.
The Hmong (the H is silent so it's pronounced Mong) are not a tribe or a collection of tribes. They are a nation onto their own yet without a country to call their own. They do not number in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. They number in the tens of millions. They originate from what is now central and southern China. Through persecution, those that did not surrender and subjugate themselves to imperial China scattered to the four winds. They now reside in China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myammar, France, Australia, Canada, French Guyana and America. Most foreigners are ignorant of this even the Hmong themselves. Those that are fortunate to live in the West should and must remember their heritage. Educate themselves in all things. Remain true and faithful to their people. They must be the vanguard of their people's defense and keepers of their people's history. Pray that one day the heavens may look favorably upon them that they may finally find a place to call their home.
Good job 👏👍. Their English is far more better than my English. I read some comments below that concerns for the Hmong tribe culture, tourism not necessarily will make their culture fade. It's all depends on how they preserve and respect theirs own culture. Perhaps, the PATA foundation should educate all the people about sustainable development and sustainable tourism within the hmong community's. We used this to promote our culture and way of life here in North Borneo. By the way, great documentary. Appreciate your time and effort for this wonderful documentary. Thanks
I have very mixed feelings about this. I feel like my people and my culture are being exploited. They turned this place into a zoo in order to help the hmong. I like what the intended end goal is though, I just feel like there's another way.
@@QuynhNhu17 good or bad, not much we can do about it. teh small but slightly wealthy Hmong in teh US cant do much cause if we try, itll be seen as inciting rebelling or what not and the older generation still have that war form 50 years ago in their mind, need te newer generation form both side to work something out to ehlp out each other. other larger group of hmong still live in our ancestral homeland, China, and china and vietnam dotn ahve too great of a relationship atm so getting them to help is also a no go.
@@yia01 Doing something to help the Hmong people in other SE Asian countries does not mean "revolt and overthrow". People can totally help them just like this video is doing.
Great video! I will say it's hard being a minority inside a minority. I am a Hmong American that's blessed to be first generation US born but even so you're blacklisted as a minority for being Asian and again as a culture with no origin country. You're no one in this world and that's truly hard to explain and even harder to live as.
imo we can but if us in US try anything, the Viet will just call it terrorist or inciting rebelling. largest hmong population still live in china but atm even china and viet have worst relationship then us. lol
Hmong in US have it too easy, we no longer care about our brothers and sisters in mainland Asia. Majority of Hmong youth today in the West has forgotten Hmong traditions and its language entirely.
we are like the native american Indian...losing our land in china, had no choice but to leave because of war, so now we are everywhere...maybe hopefully one day all of the 18 clans will unite together
I think the H should be dropped from the speaking of the word. Maybe in the older days, alot of Hmong people puffed before saying "Mong." And they still kept it one syllable. However, I hardly notice that quick puff anymore in this day and age.
God, all the annoying people please stop arguing about HMong. You can't expect Vietnamese don't pronounce that way There is no silent pronounce words in Vietnam language if there is H, then we should pronounce it. There is no point of skip the words when it written Hmong but only pronounce as Mong. btw, mong (in Vietnam language mong = ass, they sound similar same) that's why if we skip the H, it's sound very crazy & strange btw, even Hmong in Vietnam speak harshly with H'mong, they're not "silent" H word at all if you want Vietnamese skip the H words, then you should changing your ethnic name is MONG only. Cause in Vietnam no one skip/silent the sentence
In all respect, it makes no sense of what u wrote.... it doesnt matter how one word/name etc is spelled. Its how its pronounced..... How do u pronounce " knife" ? How do u pronounce " Know" ? Do u say K'nife? K'now?
Don't be so dumb! There's no Black Hmong, no White Hmong, and no Green Hmong. If you're Hmong, then we got the same color of skin. They only wear difference color of clothes.
karen nguyen 1) Sapa is mountain areas. Back in old day when we're poor. to reaching mountain is very difficult. Everyone in this earth want civilization need to get trade and need roads. 2) Hmong people living in mountain areas from thoundsand year ago. They're not connected with others group even other minority ethic 3) Hmong people is living with their own cultures & traditional so many generations of them have not trade with different ethnicities. This make them only knowing their own people & their own way 4) Because of different languages. There is 53 minority ethnic in Vietnam!!! hmong is one of them 5) As i said, their side with their cultures so many of them did not interacting with Viet people (King people) so they don't go to schools. It's keep generation to generation. while Vietnamese government give them free schools camp and free teacher. Exactly, kids send to school camp can have free foods. But many of them don't let their kids to school, mostly the kids is working at home cause their cultures Every years, teacher go to far away villages explain their grandparents should give kids to school but after fews times, they're drop out This is why mostly of them don't have education. when you don't have education, you knowing nothing outside of your village This blame to themselves, why you blame to government and Vietnamese. we help them alots usually if Hmong or minority ethics in Vietnam breaking rules/laws they almost can passed it cause to government they're minority so they're don't knowingly alots. If Viet people breaking laws, they face judges justices It's need time, when the parents and great-grandparents of Hmong seeing how education can changing their life they will let the kids have student more No one in Vietnam force them not education. Cause of they're living in remote areas in mountain and living together, avoid others ethnicities btw, laterly with internet blooming so we can reach to them very easy, so alots of Hmong have education now to compare before Hmong in Laos is still very uncivilized and no education and living worse than Hmong in Vietnam if i'm not wrong
karen nguyen you should travel to vietnam to see it by yourself, there is many hmong living in remote air high mountain, far away from other ethnic that's why they have no connection with others group & stick with their culture only and that's why mostly of them have no education this thing can't changing in month or years. this need time, maybe 5-10-15years more, since nowadays they're step out with other ethnic and government help them alots since Hmong living in Vietnam thoundsand years ago, they're being apart of vietnam
@@tranlily3001 no hmong only move to vietnam in teh early 1800 so only a few hundred years. while the han chinese ben dover and take what ever teh manchu give them, us hmong just rebel over and over agianst the manchu rule until it unliveable in china so we migrate southward to burman, laos, thailand and vietnam. not knowing if we would be accept by teh people who were already there, we choose isolation itn eh mountians and stay away from other groups while we repopulate. keep in mind we lost nearly 80% of our population during the last rebeling in china. we only communite once a year during the new years but during teh vietnam war, hmong lose all communication wiath each other. the hmong in china, after teh fall of teh manchu, they side with the commie to kick out eh nationalist. in vietnam, the hmong there side with teh commie while in Lao, we side with the royalist and royal family. after commie took over laos and the king was executed, te royal army and a lot of us left laos, the hmong that remain in laos are treated as rebels and terrorist so yes they are badly treated in laos. any help we give to teh hmong in laos was seen as funding rebels and terrorist and as a result, they were greatly oppress adn massacre, so we cant help them. although we do fight against teh hmong in vietnam during teh war while fighting agaisnt eh vietnames, afte the war and even to these day, we still dont know how the vietnames government will see or react if we were to reach out a hand and help out our fellow hmong in vietnam. yes education is key to a better future, those of us in america know that. us hmong in america want to help thh hmong in vietnam too but we afriad that if we were to reach out to them, teh vietnames government might reacted teh same way teh laos government did and start to mass masscre the hmong in vietnam.
No disrespect but when they pronounce it the right way it means “bottom” in Vietnamese and it’s not a nice word to say so they tend to pronounce H’mong. Its true. You can look up the word “mông”
mdsn608 i'm Vietnamese, we written H'mong and pronounce H MONG. if we pronounce Mong (h is silent pronounce) it sound very funny & strange!!! btw, mong (sound similar to Viet language mong = ass You can't ask Hmong people in Vietnam and Vietnamese pronouns the way you want. when we use to call it that way
Hmong people are an ancient people. Their time of having a nation or territory is gone. They lost their wars for dominance and/or independence and got absorbed into the winning countries territories.
9 years later and vietnamese admits the hmong people are the 2nd well educated with highest potentials after the vietnamese. Some days i wonder if this is the reason why chinese disliked the hmong/miao so much in the last few thousands of years. A mountain can not have two tigers right? 😊
I'm not even hmong(I'm korean) but I got goosebumps. Not lying.
I'm interested in hmong culture and language these days and I'm so impressed about hmong people...
There are some young Hmong people living in Korea for education. Plus some of my Hmong ladies married to Korean men. If you ever meet any Hmong students or wives who are Hmong, you can be friends, and learn about us from them.
Thank you, I'm Hmong, I sponsored a young man from Korea 22 years ago to live with me for 1 year as an exchange student.
Wow, came across this on accident. What a great honor to have people like you out there helping our Hmong. We greatly appreciate your work.
Well done my Hmong people always remember who you are where you are origin , Hmong is one strong nation to survive today no matter where you lived how difficult it is Hmong people can manage to live on. Love you all my Hmong fellow.
May God bless our Hmoob ppl. around the world.
Agreed with..
Love Hmong people - especially the Hmong in Vietnam ..they have a special place in my heart🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for featuring my people in this video. They maybe poor and uneducated but their heart is true. Hmong no matter where we all might end up. No matter what country we may end up calling home. You all will always be in my heart. My heart is overwhelmed seeing how far some of us have come. And how much it hurt seeing so much of us still struggle so hard for a better life. As always love you all. And I dream that some day, 1 will unite the clans and really teach the true meaning of Hmoob Hlub Hmoob. Please help each other and be kind to one another.
Way to show love to your people "they may be poor and uneducated" hmoob RUAM
You misunderstood what I wrote here but I forgive you. Calling me stupid only show how smart you are.
I understand, I thought it was very well put with a lot of love for your people. From an American much love to the beautiful Hmong people. Peace ✌🏼 ❤️
This is very interesting to me especially because I’m half Vietnamese and Hmong. Thanks for taking the time to capture our beautiful Hmong people, as many folks are not educated about us.
I am simply amazed at their English speaking skills. Learning just from tourism and not from classroom setting. Thumbs Up! 👍
I am surprised they tend to speak English better then Vietnamese. Vietnamese must be an hard language to learn or English much easier. As for the Hmong language, now that is a bit on the difficult side tbh
I am Hmong and I accept the changes that will be taking place. With more more tourism the authenticity of this culture will slowly change to be more Western. It’s ok, that’s how it’s always been. We have always changed and adapted. For now though, thanks for helping to promote peace , understanding and economic opportunities for in the form of tourism. Changes is inevitable and part of the human condition as a whole.
Thank you very much PATA Foundation and Capilano University students for giving my people a hand. I did my part, and want to do more in the near future. I hope my fellow Hmong brothers and sisters will see this and offer to help.
Our people have long been denied the education by the political majority, whether it be in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, or China. Only in America that the many Hmong people do not take advantage of the opportunity they have in front of them.
The Hmong (best pronounced without the H) is a new version of Mong, which is the actual and correct name. The name "Hmong" is often used and better known in the world due to the influence of the "White Hmong" when westerners first encountered them in Laos, especially with former General Vang Pao. The White Hmong surrendered to the Chinese many thousands of years ago after the defeat of the Mong king Txiv Yawm in what his now, Zhoulu, China, about 2 hours north of Beijing, and changed their outfit and dialect, leaving the "Green Mong or preferred named, Moob Leeg to protect Mong land during the San Miao period.
Thank you for the clarification. That was what I was told too. There was no White Hmong back in the days only Hmong Leeg. And the story why White Hmong women are wearing pants only in Laos once migranted there. They had changed to pants (men, women n childten) so from a distance they all look like men to the Chinese n appear out numbers. They changed their dialect too so the Chinese would not recognize that they are Hmong. The word " kwv n tij; the younger brother n older brother" literally mean the opposite n simply to disguise n stop the Chinese from taking the older brother to war. The family rather send the younger brother to war verse the older brother bc the older brother can care for the family but not the younger brother :(
I was in Sapa a few years ago with my siblings. We fell in love with the black Hmong. They are so incredibly friendly. I love their smiles and their abilities to speak many languages. If I ever get a chance to go back, I think I want to spend more time with them and have them show me around town. :)
So beautiful. A beautiful group of people. May God bless them.
It’s refreshing to see that Americans are teaching and creating opportunities for hmong people in rural Vietnam! I’m a Hmong American and when I retire, I will go to South East Asia teach, create and bring the world market to my Hmong people around South east Asia and even China if they allow me!!
There are a lot of highly educated Hmong in the world so the Vietnamese nor anyone should not look down on us. We have a hand in putting together satellites so you can now enjoy your GPS and cellular signals. We have doctors, lawyers, PhD's, and a thriving entrepreneurial community in the US. We now have an Olympic Gold Medalist! We've made a multi-centuries leap from grass huts to high tech in in less than 50 years. That is progress! I am proud to be Hmong.
Thank you for the American who visited my Hmong people in Vietnam, took the time to learn about them, and gave them some education. Also thank you for this video about my people.
Wow thank you for helping my country and I’m also Hmong and I thank you for letting us see and it’s kinda hard for kids there and there not as lucky as my so I have to try hard
thank you....tears falling inside
Wow, their english is so well spoken with Foreigners. Thanks for sharing it with us in Utube.
I didn't want to hear Americans telling me who hmong people are. I feel a connection between my cultures history and there's. Thank You I will teach my children.
Great Project.. Please let me know how I can help you make this project more successful...
Great video
You captured something so beautiful and close to our hearts: culture and identity. It is so radiant and resonating to the soul and fabric of what it means to be Hmong.
I thank you for what you do here for the Hmong in Vietnam. They are hard working people, they deserve the respect and help they can get. Please be their voices.
If you are going to tell of a group of people, PLEASE PLEASE learn to pronounce the name correctly. You don't say K-nife. Why would you call them H-Mong? That just kills me. Pronounce Mong. H is silence.
I am hmong and i don’t know the origin of pronouncing h’mong comes from. Maybe thats the way they said it only in Sapa Vietnam. Here is the USA we call ourself “mong”. The “h” is silent. So plse only call h”mong in vietnam if thats they way the prefer you to call them, but not us here. Thanks!
Vietnamese pronounce it H’mong because when they pronounce it Mong, it means something else. Search this word “Mông” on google. You’ll know.
@Dab Tsov Actually only the vietnamese say H'mong.... The Hmong just say Hmong.
Relax. Why are you busting someone's nuts about pronouncing it wrong. At least they actually went out of their way to film and show us this beautiful people, culture and video. #Hmongvietnam
You are not qualified to speak on the subject because you are NOT real Hmoob (your last name is “McTeer” 😂)
Thanks 🙏 for sharing
Very heartwarming to know there is change for my people. Hmong is also a culture & tradition that needs to be spread & known more.
I love these hmong .they are part.of my bloodstream.God bless my hmong
Chong Yang hello, welcome Sapa ô châu
Eww. You can now act like a black person.
@@thugiang3177 looks like alot of people here are not happy the fact that in Vietnam Hmong was pronounced " H-Mong" do you know why? Perhaps you can shed a light on this mystery how H-Mong was all started n why?
Breath taking and amazing... Thanks very nice to see...
Incredible cinematography....beautiful documentary...
You know !! every time I see my Hmong peoples I feel sad . Because we are good people in the World ,we are suppose to have a Hmong Country and to keep our culture our language forever.
Neng Xiong we are the native Americans in China.
Teary eyes. Awesome job.
Amazing video!
Where can we purchase goods from the Hmong people to benefit them? And us, of course, with their gorgeous textiles.
In a couple of day I will be walking with these people and him communities for three days. I think it will be a great experience to get the knowledge and and learn about a different culture :) I am so glad for it.
Go my people. Thrive and grow stronger. We’ve lost much. We must survive.
Awesome!
im glad there is a way of life for our fellow hmong people in vietnam.
In this live the important thing is to honor every people's culture, i hope we Will live peacefully day by day, God bless hmong people
I’m hmong, I’m kind of tired of hearing westerners talk about the hmong like they’re cut off from society. The truth is we are a displaced people torn from wars and genocide. The hmong are not limited to being indigenous people in Vietnam. We are in 1st world to 3rd world countries. I think it’s arrogant to exclude the full story about the hmong people if you’re just limiting the story to what your interaction is very close to the white savior perspective. If you choose to help then it’s fine but this tone in narrative is unsettling.
Welcome to the brain of white people.
Here we go with the "white people bad" crap
In a way, some white people are some Hmong people’s savior. I’m Hmong too and I have to give thanks to the white people who helped sponsor my family to America and helped us navigate America. They were the nicest people and still are today.
@@ks5865 never went there because that’s not what I was saying. Hmong people have been around for more than 5000 years. It’s only pop culture to see us hmong people as perpetual foreigners. We need our own stories told more than we do about people visiting us because we are a people that have known oppression for generations. So oppressed that we lost our written language. I don’t spew hate at white people. There is a shared history with the Christian missionaries that have created a great bond between 2 diffident cultures of people separated by oceans before the internet. We just need more of our voices to speak for ourselves rather than outsiders who can only look from the outside
@@SeeHang Well calling documentation "white saviour complex" of their culture and also the first reply to you is what I get tired of seeing everywhere. Everyone gets a free pass to pick on the white people but white people can't even dare making a video about some other culture in another country without someone getting upset.
Thank you, for look after my brother and sister in Nam. Proud to be hmong.
At the rate this is going, all Hmongs will be speaking English with foreign accents. I am still uncertain whether the impact on local lifestyles and cultures from mass tourism is a good thing. During my last trip. I saw young Hmong ladies drinking and playing pool with westerners and I have been told they take drugs, too. It's sad to see an ancient and beautiful culture being corrupted by commercialism and western ideas of tourism.
fuck you
There is nothing wrong with playing pool or drinking. Drinking is a big part of Hmong culture. It is a way of offering/accepting friendship. Refusing an alcohol offer is like refusing a friendship offer.
You have to look at this change through the lens of the black Hmong. *_They also have hopes and dreams and a strong desire to be educated. They don't want to live the rest of their lives as mountainous people._* Many people are expressing concern over the increased tourism in Lao Cai, but what options are you or others offering to them? Tourism is the best option they have at the moment since the government doesn't do much to help them.
tourism is bringing in money and international exposure to a lot of ethnic minorities in third world countries but at the same time a lot of the youths are leaving behind their culture to adapt to the modern to make a living. like girls working at karaoke bars trying to con western man or try to marry any Western man just to get to a 1st world country, kids as young as 7 are working the streets hustling tourists. the boys will grow up to be pimps or traffickers, the girls will work in sex shops
No pain no gain
Pete Wong Wow! Surreal.
Hmong people are not stupid, as classified by others. We can easily adapt / survive in any environments/conditions. If given the opportunity, we can achieve great things. Just look at Hmong American; just only 45 years living in the US, we have achieved many things; many are highly educated. Many doctors, engineers, lawyers, politicians, millionaires, etc. If you look at China history, Hmong/Mong people were the early government and officials of China. I’m proud to be a Hmong. I am an engineer and a Hmong history scholar.
Wow..thank you so much. These girls speak good English..
Is there a possibility to teach them how mass produce houses, better farm infrastructure, and mechanical engineering and more?
A lot of hmong people also live in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Is Chris a boy or girl?
I've been to Sapa twice and am love with the area and the people. I hate the fact that they are marginalized. I wish Hmong people there could be more politically active and take charge of their own community. That's another story :)
Anyway, I appreciate what Capilano University is doing. The Black Hmong folks are definitely friendly and unique in so many different ways. I plan to spend my summer there again this year and would love to participate in your projects.
I love my Hmong people!
I am a H'mong American. I love my people and I am proud that they still keep our culture and fashion.
Thank you..
These people groups physical features really look like the Ifugaos ! And looking at those rice terraces would make you think you're in Banaue , Mayoyao or Hungduan of Ifugao. Very interesting.
THANK YOU very much.
Love love it
why does he say it like huh-mong?
We dnt had country but we are living everywhere in the world so HELL YEA TO THAT HAPPY TO BE HMONG...4LIFE
proud of my Hmong people.
How can I help with this? Is this still ongoing?
That was a beautiful short. Loved it. As a Hmong American born here in the US, it's interesting to see about the Hmong in Vietnam. Sad to hear about the discrimination they face. So grateful there are people and organizations like y'all out there doing this. Much respect! ✌️
How can I be apart of this to help the Hmong?
First off follow us on Facebook and check out our website! This way you can keep track on what we are doing. If there is something you could do let us know in an email or private message.
Sis, you need to learn more about the Hmong history,especially from 1975 to the present.
@@jinchang1392 Your comment implies it's just Hmong history for the people who immigrated to USA. There's plenty of Hmong history for other Hmong people that are living in SE Asia.
awesome
The Hmong (the H is silent so it's pronounced Mong) are not a tribe or a collection of tribes. They are a nation onto their own yet without a country to call their own. They do not number in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. They number in the tens of millions. They originate from what is now central and southern China. Through persecution, those that did not surrender and subjugate themselves to imperial China scattered to the four winds. They now reside in China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myammar, France, Australia, Canada, French Guyana and America. Most foreigners are ignorant of this even the Hmong themselves. Those that are fortunate to live in the West should and must remember their heritage. Educate themselves in all things. Remain true and faithful to their people. They must be the vanguard of their people's defense and keepers of their people's history. Pray that one day the heavens may look favorably upon them that they may finally find a place to call their home.
Good job 👏👍. Their English is far more better than my English. I read some comments below that concerns for the Hmong tribe culture, tourism not necessarily will make their culture fade. It's all depends on how they preserve and respect theirs own culture. Perhaps, the PATA foundation should educate all the people about sustainable development and sustainable tourism within the hmong community's. We used this to promote our culture and way of life here in North Borneo. By the way, great documentary. Appreciate your time and effort for this wonderful documentary. Thanks
They speak better English then vietnamese students hahaha that made me laugh so hard...
Haaaaaahhaaaaahaaaaa Hmong is pronounced as huuuumong
@@maho3138 unless your Hmong green pfft maybe, but no it’s jus Hmong.
Thank for go to look hmoog in vinad and you livek hmoog
dude
this is cool !
May God guides and blessed the Hmong people no matter where they live ❤️
WOW hmoob Vietnam speak English better than hmong American.that is amazing.
wow that is so great, thank you for helping to recoginze us Hmong
Just wow...
I have very mixed feelings about this. I feel like my people and my culture are being exploited. They turned this place into a zoo in order to help the hmong. I like what the intended end goal is though, I just feel like there's another way.
oh my gosh, you nail it! that's how i feel also. Sometimes we need to think about these foreigners intention...that maybe not good...
@@QuynhNhu17 good or bad, not much we can do about it. teh small but slightly wealthy Hmong in teh US cant do much cause if we try, itll be seen as inciting rebelling or what not and the older generation still have that war form 50 years ago in their mind, need te newer generation form both side to work something out to ehlp out each other. other larger group of hmong still live in our ancestral homeland, China, and china and vietnam dotn ahve too great of a relationship atm so getting them to help is also a no go.
@@yia01 Doing something to help the Hmong people in other SE Asian countries does not mean "revolt and overthrow".
People can totally help them just like this video is doing.
this is cool.
Great video! I will say it's hard being a minority inside a minority. I am a Hmong American that's blessed to be first generation US born but even so you're blacklisted as a minority for being Asian and again as a culture with no origin country. You're no one in this world and that's truly hard to explain and even harder to live as.
Moob zoo le zoo Mong people strong minded and help each other
It's sad that hmong USA are incapable of helping their own people.
imo we can but if us in US try anything, the Viet will just call it terrorist or inciting rebelling. largest hmong population still live in china but atm even china and viet have worst relationship then us. lol
Hmong in the U.S are fighting among themselves to help anyone. LOL
Hmong in US have it too easy, we no longer care about our brothers and sisters in mainland Asia. Majority of Hmong youth today in the West has forgotten Hmong traditions and its language entirely.
We are our own worst enemy. Plain and simple.
we are like the native american Indian...losing our land in china, had no choice but to leave because of war, so now we are everywhere...maybe hopefully one day all of the 18 clans will unite together
Im so touched😭😢😭😍
H'mong? The "hm" is one sound
Maybe they should of put the M in front and the H after MHong.
I think the H should be dropped from the speaking of the word. Maybe in the older days, alot of Hmong people puffed before saying "Mong." And they still kept it one syllable. However, I hardly notice that quick puff anymore in this day and age.
Oops, I meant that the H should be dropped from the spelling of the word.
Hmongs are true freedom fighters!
I AM MOVED IN THE SPIRIT...
As an American Hmong....." Thank You " ...Thank You to the Capilano University and Thank you to the PATA Foundation.
God, all the annoying people please stop arguing about HMong. You can't expect Vietnamese don't pronounce that way
There is no silent pronounce words in Vietnam language
if there is H, then we should pronounce it. There is no point of skip the words when it written Hmong but only pronounce as Mong.
btw, mong (in Vietnam language mong = ass, they sound similar same) that's why if we skip the H, it's sound very crazy & strange
btw, even Hmong in Vietnam speak harshly with H'mong, they're not "silent" H word at all
if you want Vietnamese skip the H words, then you should changing your ethnic name is MONG only. Cause in Vietnam no one skip/silent the sentence
In all respect, it makes no sense of what u wrote.... it doesnt matter how one word/name etc is spelled. Its how its pronounced..... How do u pronounce " knife" ? How do u pronounce " Know" ?
Do u say K'nife?
K'now?
Why they pronouncing HMONG wrong, or is that how they really say it in vietnam
I was thinking the same thing. Its just MONG.
That's how they say it in Vietnam.
Share this with children in Vietnam
Im pretty sure its not Hu- Mong
wow
my parents are so rigth there are alot of hmoob diologe like black hmong and flower hmong white hmong and other more i dont rember lol.
Don't be so dumb! There's no Black Hmong, no White Hmong, and no Green Hmong. If you're Hmong, then we got the same color of skin. They only wear difference color of clothes.
Saichen Yang maybe you have never learn about anything about your own culture.
Why government did not give them education.?
karen nguyen
1) Sapa is mountain areas. Back in old day when we're poor. to reaching mountain is very difficult. Everyone in this earth want civilization need to get trade and need roads.
2) Hmong people living in mountain areas from thoundsand year ago. They're not connected with others group even other minority ethic
3) Hmong people is living with their own cultures & traditional so many generations of them have not trade with different ethnicities. This make them only knowing their own people & their own way
4) Because of different languages. There is 53 minority ethnic in Vietnam!!! hmong is one of them
5) As i said, their side with their cultures so many of them did not interacting with Viet people (King people) so they don't go to schools. It's keep generation to generation. while Vietnamese government give them free schools camp and free teacher. Exactly, kids send to school camp can have free foods. But many of them don't let their kids to school, mostly the kids is working at home cause their cultures
Every years, teacher go to far away villages explain their grandparents should give kids to school but after fews times, they're drop out
This is why mostly of them don't have education. when you don't have education, you knowing nothing outside of your village
This blame to themselves, why you blame to government and Vietnamese. we help them alots
usually if Hmong or minority ethics in Vietnam breaking rules/laws they almost can passed it cause to government they're minority so they're don't knowingly alots. If Viet people breaking laws, they face judges justices
It's need time, when the parents and great-grandparents of Hmong seeing how education can changing their life they will let the kids have student more
No one in Vietnam force them not education. Cause of they're living in remote areas in mountain and living together, avoid others ethnicities
btw, laterly with internet blooming so we can reach to them very easy, so alots of Hmong have education now to compare before
Hmong in Laos is still very uncivilized and no education and living worse than Hmong in Vietnam if i'm not wrong
karen nguyen
you should travel to vietnam to see it by yourself, there is many hmong living in remote air high mountain, far away from other ethnic
that's why they have no connection with others group & stick with their culture only and that's why mostly of them have no education
this thing can't changing in month or years. this need time, maybe 5-10-15years more, since nowadays they're step out with other ethnic
and government help them alots since Hmong living in Vietnam thoundsand years ago, they're being apart of vietnam
@@tranlily3001 no hmong only move to vietnam in teh early 1800 so only a few hundred years. while the han chinese ben dover and take what ever teh manchu give them, us hmong just rebel over and over agianst the manchu rule until it unliveable in china so we migrate southward to burman, laos, thailand and vietnam. not knowing if we would be accept by teh people who were already there, we choose isolation itn eh mountians and stay away from other groups while we repopulate. keep in mind we lost nearly 80% of our population during the last rebeling in china. we only communite once a year during the new years but during teh vietnam war, hmong lose all communication wiath each other. the hmong in china, after teh fall of teh manchu, they side with the commie to kick out eh nationalist. in vietnam, the hmong there side with teh commie while in Lao, we side with the royalist and royal family. after commie took over laos and the king was executed, te royal army and a lot of us left laos, the hmong that remain in laos are treated as rebels and terrorist so yes they are badly treated in laos. any help we give to teh hmong in laos was seen as funding rebels and terrorist and as a result, they were greatly oppress adn massacre, so we cant help them. although we do fight against teh hmong in vietnam during teh war while fighting agaisnt eh vietnames, afte the war and even to these day, we still dont know how the vietnames government will see or react if we were to reach out a hand and help out our fellow hmong in vietnam. yes education is key to a better future, those of us in america know that. us hmong in america want to help thh hmong in vietnam too but we afriad that if we were to reach out to them, teh vietnames government might reacted teh same way teh laos government did and start to mass masscre the hmong in vietnam.
Thank you Chris Carnovale for pronouncing "Hmong" and not "H'mong". Only in Vietnam are the Hmong people called "H'mong", it's annoying!
No disrespect but when they pronounce it the right way it means “bottom” in Vietnamese and it’s not a nice word to say so they tend to pronounce H’mong. Its true. You can look up the word “mông”
mdsn608
i'm Vietnamese, we written H'mong and pronounce H MONG.
if we pronounce Mong (h is silent pronounce) it sound very funny & strange!!! btw, mong (sound similar to Viet language mong = ass
You can't ask Hmong people in Vietnam and Vietnamese pronouns the way you want. when we use to call it that way
mdsn608
in Vietnam we have no silent pronounce. So there is no point of skip H word
Bọn chó kinh
And this video was about the H'mong in Vietnam...So it's OK to pronounce it that way.
2:21 I see that they say Ha-Hmong instead of Hmong.
I envision the Hmong people having their own country like the Chinese, Koreans & Japanese.
Hmong people are an ancient people. Their time of having a nation or territory is gone. They lost their wars for dominance and/or independence and got absorbed into the winning countries territories.
It looks like the Vietnamese feel threatened by them. I wish them well. They seem like amazing people.
The H doesn't help just read Mong. Not H'mong
Its should of been MHong
04:03 that Hmong Knife caught my eye.
dude
i see some Red Dzao people!
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@The first guy in the video - Bruh at least try to learn how to properly pronounce Hmong. It is not “Ha-mong”.
9 years later and vietnamese admits the hmong people are the 2nd well educated with highest potentials after the vietnamese.
Some days i wonder if this is the reason why chinese disliked the hmong/miao so much in the last few thousands of years. A mountain can not have two tigers right? 😊
Some of them speak English better than some of the Hmong in America
Mong very beautiful
Oh! I don't see their skins are black. But I do see they wear black color of clothes.
yes it refers to the clothing, not skin color.
1:28 Good English.