Images of the Hmong people

This photo is taken at the New Year.  I am to the last one to the left, wearing my traditional Hmong clothes from my parents' clan.  The red hat is what distinguish us as the Hmong "Liab Haus", which means the red hat.

 

The Hmong people did not have a writing system back them so they sew these story clothes so they can tell stories.  In this story cloth, you can see the Laos army invading a Hmong village and shooting them.

In this picture are the "Chao Fa" people, or the people who are hiding in the deep jungle of Laos to hid from the Army.