If you don’t happen to speak Hmong, you won’t know exactly the poetry of the words, but you can feel the emotion of the kwv txhiaj. There are five different video channels in artist Pao Houa Her’s ...

Kwv txhiaj is a Hmong musical form that has its origins in southern China and Southeast Asia, is several centuries old and is kept alive through its singers. One of them happens to call the US Midwest ...

Explore Hmong cultural preservation through music, focusing on the styles of lug txaj and kwv txhiaj Discover the deep historical roots of Hmong folk singing, a tradition that originated in China and ...

In a show that ranges from Northern California to Laos, the Hmong American artist Pao Houa Her explores landscape, making a living and a peculiar kind of paradise. By Alex V. Cipolle This article is ...

The two overlapping presentations on view in Wisconsin and San José, each tailored to their host city, reflect the diverse U.S. contexts in which HMong communities have adapted since fleeing Laos.

Think of kwv txhiaj as song poetry. Or better yet, think of it like a Hmong version of the blues. And in that vein, think of kwv txhiaj the way American writer Ralph Ellison thought of the blues: "an ...

This article originally appeared on PRI.org on May 26, 2016, and is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. Think of kwv txhiaj as song poetry. Or better yet, think of it like a Hmong ...