@@neejnom8323 brother the name Meo was used the 15-19 century, but the Hmong just come to be used AD 1975 , If you need more information please feel free to send message ok Thank you
Thank for whoever that record this video and upload. My dad never have a picture of his dad and now we found this video of my grandpa being the instrument man for a funeral. This bring comfort n mean alots to our family especially my dad n uncle and all my siblings since we never see my grandpa. Thank you!
Dude same... I think my dad came from this village. The shaman I think was my grand uncle and his brother he killed was my grandfather I think. My dad told me a story just like this ... and the child being haunted by evil my dad told me too... so to see this is crazy ! You not just some crazy geezer old dad!
I’m tearing up at this documentary. I’m proud to be Hmong and I’ll never forget where my ancestors came from. My people have been fighting other people’s war for them so no more.
Wow! Thank you so much for this documentary! My dad passed away when I was only a few months old. I had never seen a single image of my father until I came across this documentary. My mom, dad, oldest brother and other relatives were in this documentary. Thank you so much for giving me a glimpse into their life back in the motherland.
@@Piccolo_Sun Families of the fighters fled as refugees to neighboring countries, specifically Thailand during and after the war. Of those that fled, many went to the US. The majority of the hmong stayed back in Laos under communist rule. Of those that stayed and were part of the war, were sent to labor camps, prison, and or executed.
@@hopkinspolly4911 Not sure if you’re Hmong but we hear that recital quite often during spiritual ceremonies and never thought much of. We knew it was important but I am beginning to learn especially after reading your comments that I feel we all have taken it for granted. It is such beautiful poetry that reaches to tour soul…
Brilliant documentary! In case anyone is interested the footage was filmed in 1972 , the Vietnam war was still being fought and would be for another three years.
Crazy seeing how my ancestors lived and how much suffering they endured to give us a better life in the USA. I'm forever grateful! My grandpa who was probably in his 40s fought also my dad who was a starving 12-14 year old kid who could barely pick up a gun that knew nothing about war and had 0 idea what was coming his way.
So amazing. I watched this with my mom and she legit said the family is related to us from the same family line. She started pointing out who’s who and explained where our family was during that time. It was real emotional to watch it and to see what life was like for them. A few months ago a cousin sent a black and white photo of the uncle who’s the shaman and his wife. And now to get to see them. What a blessing.
All the sacrifices my grandparents and parents made so I can be raised in America without the sounds of bombs or starvation, I will never be able to repay. We are great only because we were standing on the shoulders of giants. Thank you.
Good of you to know to be grateful for that!! I hope because of that, you are being the best person you can be and taking advantage of all the opportunities given to you in this wonderful country!! 🙂 From a sister Hmong American
I agree. Especially as a woman, I am very thankful that my parents made the unknown journey here to America. It has given me and my children an endless amount of opportunities in life. I only wish that those less fortunate in the world will feel the same one day.
Hmongs = full of hatred and can never unite as one. Hmong do not have the will to become one as a nation. It is sad to see my hmong people suffer for so many years so that the young generations nowdays only know to fight each other and hate on each own.
Great Anthropology Documentary of my people! For all my fellow Hmong people, take an Anthropology course if you plan to go to college. I took cultural anthropology, and it gave me a broader perspective of how our culture is, it's a great course! It's not concrete, but it gives you an understanding of things.
The history of hming people nowdays only write and date as far back as Laos and some written as far back as chi you. But between when of chi you and to when hmongs last group migrated to Laos in 1800ad nothing was written about the hmong. Also the tradition and culture of hmong exceeds far beyond that of nowdays what has been written.
@@jigo9377 : Yes.. there is a lot written about the "hmong"... that is because.. you have used different people's languages to denote the SAME set of people. If you trace these people's DNAs... then you will find your answer.. whether you are related to certain people OR not... Cos you will find that, they will be related. Because they look like my grandmother too.. I think the South... were migrants.. of the Huaxia. 華夏... I won't use the English alphabet and continue to overlap the different European language's ping yums... This link tells a lot more. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miao_people
@@MeiinUK alot of Chinese are hmongs. That's cause hmongs aka miaos were force to assimilate with the Chinese, speak as Chinese and forget their own heritage. Hmings have broken into many minorities and spoke many languages. B4 hmongs language speaking was similar that of Chinese.
You narrated well. Hmong people are good people living in California and Minnesota. They are businessmen, businesswoman, doctors, lawyers, politicians, and so forth.
the hmong had a simple choice 1) Die, or 2) live as a subordinate second class in another country it was simply survival. The old way of the Hmong died and their dignity with it. don't be confused about all this get a better life etc. sure, it was relatively better than dying but the life and fate of the Hmong people is this to live as a subordinate second class, in someone else's nation they always have, and always will this is their curse.
According to what I can find online, most Hmong people still live in Asia (especially China and Vietnam, but also Laos and Thailand - with about as many in the US as in Thailand).
@@hub6490 Tell them this is wrong!!! The worship of chickens and sea star collecting will NOT make them happy thet never evolve! If they stay like this they will always be the "Meo" when they could've been the Mew-2 my boyyyyuu!!!
@sneksnekitsasnek i think we need to specify substantial settlement of Hmongs. Not a few hundred or thousand. Here in California we have good population in farm communities.
This is such a great documentary about Hmong people and what they had to go through during the Vietnam War. I have learned things I didn’t know before. Thank you
Awesome documentary!! The shaman part is really awesome, the Frenchman narrating is spot on funny!! It’s so accurate it’s funny. I’m so glad there’s documentaries like this that us Hmong Americans who grew up in America can see how our ancestors lived back then.
They're not shamens, he's read too much stupid National Geographics and made assumption that everything is as he assumes. If you looked at their clothing, it has that traditional and classic chinese cheung sam... the white cheung sam... and then the grain farming as well. Those are traditional "grain" people... Even when you said the word "miao", sounds like 苗. And then... the gong... this is what the local mayor would do, to raise people... and the ancestral worship.. even my family did that when we were in HK as well. Before the hakka (this cannot be classified as a tribe, the word ought to mean "migrant"... "guest people".... literally means migrant, cos they are from out of this current village, an outsider).... moved in, killed the people off, took their villages, fought over everything.. and then mostly died. The ones left, would literally be forced to remarry.. you know how the story goes... The end of that really. Communists should really mean "outsider or outside of the family"... Those people literally just separated from their own families, and created new ones. Well.. if you stayed , but documented an actual family tree. Then is this a bad thing? No. Cos that is what the Japanese did for themselves, same with the South Koreans as well... Rather than to invade another village.
@@MeiinUK everything you said, doesnt seem true based on my experience...except for the migration. I really expect you to gather up some old people on both sides to record history, before they're gone, & the young end up arguing about what was true/false, for eternity.
@@YangSword9x : I am basing it on actual DNA testing and random samplings which was done in recent years.. So... and of course, the way that you define history.. is indeed to gather the evidences. The facts. And not the "opinions" or the "I guessed what happened"... It is the absolute truth which happened. And even if we guess.. then there is a gap for "misinterpretation" too...
@@YangSword9x : I do take a pinch of salt of how these documentaries are structured... which is from the viewpoint of the Americans. Which is "also based on from their angle, "at that time"..."... So if there are clarifications... and whatever... then that should and must be actually.. stated as well. Would love to read those comments or original documents, if there were any and also evidences as well. This is based on their possible translation at that time.
I didn’t think I was going to cry but that ending. I hear my mom tell stories of how people go wait at the airport hoping their love one don’t come back in a body bag.
So sad to see and know my people had to live through generations of war and here we are in the US with some not appreciating what the sacrifices were given for.
Hmong people in America need to stop spreading the false information that it was Hmong and America against the Vietnam and communist Laos. It was a war fought with the Hmong who was working with America and the Lao people who wanted to keep it a kingdom or monarchy against the Vietnamese, communist Lao aka(pathet Lao) and Hmong people who sided with them. That’s why there is a lot of population of Hmong in Laos and Vietnam today. The communist Laos only targeted the Hmong that sided with America. If your going to tell the story tell it fully.
*Jacques Lemoine is still doing the same thing over 50 years later!* Talking to and spending time with the peoples of inland Asia: from hilltribes of Southeast Asia to small communities in China.
It's amazing how far hmong people have come in the last few decades. I mean we don't really think about it but this was whole 360 transition for some of us who were lucky enough. You gotta give people back then credit.
I'm Hmong, I watched the whole video. It is meaningful for people born in a peaceful world to look back on the sufferings of their ancestors. thanks for this video
Thank you to the camera man and Jacques!! I wished there were more films like this during the war. This is a very important historical film for us Hmong in the USA. Every single Hmong person in America, Australia, France and Canada are a result of this war. If the Hmongs weren’t involved in the war, we would not be in the USA Today. Understand that during that time, the Hmongs did not come to the USA for a better life, more opportunities etc etc.... they didn’t know. They did not know America is a better place or more opportunities, all they knew was that they couldn’t live in Laos anymore because they’d be slaughtered. In fact most Hmongs feared coming to America and a lot stayed in Thailand and some went back to Laos and endured the persecution by the pathet Lao because they thought that’s better than coming to the USA. Now people want to come here because they know how good it is in the USA, but back then they didn’t come because they wanted to, it was the only choice besides going back and the chance of getting slaughtered, which many did and died. Thank you very much to the people who made this film. As a child of this war, I always heard stories from my father, who fought as a soldier til the very end. But never knew what it was like, this film gives me a chance to see the lives of those who lived during that time. Thanks!!
Please remember not all Hmong fought for the USA some of them fought for the communist Lao party and Vietnam that’s why there are a lot of them left overseas
@@MeiinUKThere was Hmong that lived in Vietnam, they been helping Vietnam fighting wars ever since then... Hmong Laos are the same😂 they always help country that isn't ours to fight in pointless wars
@Super V I have to disagree with you on this. Sure, I’m only a white girl married into the Hmoob family. I tell you though, the elders still get a bit offended by being called that name. I understand where you are coming from. GVP didn’t like being called that and many of the men who fought in the war don’t like it either. Specifically because of the Vietnam war.. there’s many sides to a story. Now a days we can all get along and I’m thankful for that.
@@simonkue Uhmmmm no lol. Thao and Yang are Hmong last name. Sure there is Saeyang for Mien last name and most of them starts with "Sae". You spell "Mien" incorrectly as well. Whether that's a typo or intentional is unclear on your part.
I admired the old ones that I saw in San Francisco walking miles every day to collect aluminum cans that Americans discard in the trash or just throw on the ground. Their traditional clothing was quite beautiful. I drove a school bus in those days ( 1980's ) and their children were better behaved than most others. The parents appreciated that I would escort them safely back home. I have respect for them and tried to make them feel welcome in this strange place. Too bad they had to live in our worst neighborhoods where some of the youngsters probably had to become as bad as some of us are in order to survive.
I don't think so. In CA, there are close to 100,000 Hmong. But Hmong ppl and their families r not in SF. They r mostly in the Central Valley in cities like Sacramento, Fresno, Merced, Stockton, Chico, Yuba/Marysville.
I lived in SF in the early 80"s. As young pre teens our siblings did go out to collect cans. Lol. Thank you for helping those people. You have a good heart.
@@siavang6577 Right! I don’t think other people go out & just collect cans I think only Hmongs do that. Even though when I was young I only saw the elderly do that. Never any young people
Mooncalf- I think it must be me. I was a kid around 6 yrs old lived in SF around jan-june 1980. We picked up cans around the sf park and along Fulton st. Hmmm.
Xiong yang , Vang Bee , and yang Bee , they are my friend , they was those T 28 pilots I was a forward Air Guided station with soldiers on the ground guided air to Bombs the Enemy during the secret war in Laos .
My father worked, trained and lived with the Hmong for decades. I translated for many of them that came to America as refugees back in the early and mid 1980's. I was born and raised in East/Southeast Asia. Large families? I have nine children and 19 grandchildren, for now. I wanted to return but married, took a career as a combat firefightrer/advanced trauma paramedic, also trained as a SWAT medic. Now, retired, I have a broken back and no longer travel. I miss those mountains.
TY for sharing David, Have u tried ancestral medicine ? I had a bad back & was hooked on painkillers for years, ancestral medicine saved me from the meds & all its side effects & has helped healing my back Look into Ayahuasca Rapeh or Hapeh Bufo Alvarius Kambo
@@mercedesgomez8258 I believe in naturopathy, not homeopathy. Dear old dad worked with native healers with mixing their spiritual medicine with modern medicine. I was an advanced trauma paramedic with an extensive medical background when I was translating for the Hmung (Meo is a derogatory term), already knowing the medical complaint by now and where the strings and blessed papers were attached. Several remembered my father, he being back overseas when the refugees started to show up. My department could never figure me out. "Who is this guy that pops up and starts to translate for these little known People?"
@@mercedesgomez8258 I used to know quite a about the Hill Tribal People of Mainland Southeast Asia. I was considering going back as a freelance missionary teaching emergency medicine and setting up clinics. Didn't happen. To this day there is one woman still in love with me who was and is in an influencel family. She is 65! Once my wife passes (last stage of Alzheimer's) I could return. Old people can still love. I knew several people, most having passed on by now.
My family was fortunate enough to make it to the states in 1978 when I was 4 years old. I can never forget what my parents, my ppl, and all who sacrificed to get us here in America. Thanks to you and your father for your contribution for my ppl. I’m free. My children are free and have opportunities. We are proud Americans. God bless.
Watching this video brings tears to my eyes because my culture is dying. Seeing my ancestors, my parents homeland, I know that once I reach my elders age, there will be no more of our Hmong culture. My nephews and niece doesn’t even know the native language and they’re the second generation in America.
It starts with you teaching your kids. And telling your brothers the importance of heritage. Remind them that they can always look in the mirror, but will never be white. Tell em white people will never accept them and will never look at them as equals. Tell em to rise above white people, as hmong so they will recognize. It starts with you and I, we need to preach to our ignorant brothers n sisters, they can never blend in no matter how much English they speak. Because the most influential word in English is Fawk u, and thats what white people think of us. So we need to fawk em right back as hmong!!
The Vietnam War was a cruel war; atrocities committed on both sides. Sad to see the suffering of the Meo (Hmong) people who fought alongside the Americans.
they fought the communists because they were infringing on the hmongs freedom and autonomy. the french granted hmong citizenship. before that, the lao ppl hated the hmong. this is the truth
This doc was made in 1972 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearing_World_(TV_series) - which is why they talk of the "ROYAL Lao Army" before it was communist in '75. Most of these people are probably dead now..... Many came to the USA where they settled in MN and WI, successfully. Great immigrants and nice folks. Not sure how they handled the freezing winters in the midwest though. DA NYC
Just think how some of us could have family in this documentary and never know who they are unless our parents or grandparents point them out to us. Some long lost friends and family. I wish I can spot someone I might know.
Thank you for sharing the video but Please correct your choice of word. It’s not call the Meo, they are call Miao people also Hmong people. Meo is a very degrading term used by some Laotian people that looked down on our Hmong people in Laos. That word is still being use toward the Hmong/Miao people to this day, it’s not appropriate at all. Hmong/Miao are not the lost aborigines of China. There are nearly 10 million living in China currently in the Miao autonomous prefecture and doing very well also.
苗族 (Miao) translate to Seedling Clan. In the Meo language, Miao means little seedlings, or corrected to: Youngling. Note: Does not translate to Second, which is written with the word, 秒.
@@nickmarble7226 being for real, future generation Hmong American kids will have to go learn this as a second language if we as parents don't speak more hmong to our kids.. it's sad most kids born in the states here in the 21st century has basically already lost the ability to speak hmong, and this is partiality our fault as we've chosen ourselves to speak English to our kids and not hmong. I tried with my kids, but too many English speaking aunts and uncles I couldn't compete lol..i still try though.
sons clan I understand I study other languages but when I made that comment I was being mean and wrong but I agree keeping your native language is great but don’t let it keep you trapped up
We are so proud for ours ancestors keep us alive the hardship and darkness’s days many of us parish but some survive throughout the war of communist. Today we survived here in USA and have a good education thanks for the Americans who helped us those darkened days of war. Now we are learning with the rest of the world and higher education be coming greater than ours ancestors. Now we make ours home here America, called home.
When I see these types of documentaries, I always search to see if I'll recognize my grandparents. They are both gone now and were so poor that we only have one photograph of them.
Ko Um fortunately my parents stumbled upon this video and my dad and grandma are in it! My dad cried watching this. He can’t remember this specific event of this doc. However he remember who was who, what and where was what. For instance, the white horse was his uncles horse! I’m so grateful this was documented for my dad to see. Obviously, unfortunately this village was forced to flee, but fortunately, it allows me to be here today.
The crazy thing is I was in the same situation also but then my father stumbled upon this video and finally caught a glimpse of my grandpa. We don't have any photos of him either but thanks to this video I finally know how my grandpa looks like. (the Txiv Qeej at 40:39)
Hello all, the word Miao may have a distinguished meaning in China from the beginning by the Chinese. But in reality, these people call themselves Hmong (not Meo) for the past 5000 - 8000 years history.
Meo is what the lao and thai called them. Miao is what the Chinese called them. I dont know about china, but the lao and thai governments don't use the term Meo anymore, they use hmong now
It is Hmyoo, Hmao, Hmoo, Hmu, Xong, etc. in different Hmongic languages. Among them, Hmyoo/Hmyong and Xong might be two of the oldest. Miao is the closest sound in Mandarin to transcribe Hmyoo.
Hi, I'm Hmong VIetNam Dear all Hmong USA If you are Hmong , we all share the same ancestors but have been separated by China and later by factions from the wars. Nowadays, some Hmong Americans do not like us, and when they achieve success, they become contemptuous of their Hmong siblings in Southeast Asian countries like us. Remember that we share the same ancestors and origins. Remember that while we may have been divided into two factions since the time of division-one following capitalism and the other socialism-we still warmly welcome you, our Hmong brothers and sisters in Europe and the Americas. We are very proud and happy that you are living in more developed countries, but do not let this lead you to look down on us. There are some Hmong Americans who criticize us not because of our Hmong blood but because of the more advanced nations they are in. Let us live for the future and not let the past divide us. This is the legacy of our ancestors, a legend named Txiv Yawg. In closing, I love all of you Hmong around the world. Let us stay united.
We are Hmong with different last names and we belong to different clans, but when we see a Hmong fellow die of sacrifice, we all shed a tear. Thanks you to our grandparents and parents, but also thank you to those who sacrifice their life for the future of everyone else.😢
Ger Loke In fact, you know a lot ，there are a lot of borrowed words in the Miao language from Chinese. The names of the Miao people come from the Chinese system. Your surnames were originally written in Chinese characters, but now you spell your surnames in English. This is just a transliteration.
Looking back the history, it was so sad that Laos Government just want to play games around and they not want to build the country for poor populations. even right now the country still waiting for other countries to feeds only.
It is a wonder that they survived the cultural revolution and the Mao's "Great Leap Backward" that brought on a famine where 40 million chinese poor straved to death
Wow! I was born in the 70s. Grew up in the USA. First off, thank you to the documentor and the person who uploaded these original films. I'm sure there are many people who knows someone in the film. It started a bit slow with too much shaman. Amazingly, shaman is still practice today. The film is very good but sad. It covers the peace our Hmoob/Hmong people once lived. Farm life style. Then came the war. Recruiting yound boys to 50 year old men maybe older. To even the delivery of rice from the planes, pov txhuv. Wow never before seen! Sadly it endes with the casualties of war. The funeral, video of the actual dead brother without todays makeup, with due respect it's scary. No wonder there were so many ghost back then. To the wife's and families waiting for their husband and dads only tp return back from the Vietnam war in body bags. So sad. Damned the USA & North Vietnam for bringing such destruction to our people and country. Though I am here my dad fought and was wounded many times during the war from 1965-1975! Even at the end he was still able to get our family passthe war zones, cross the dangerous Mekong River, then eventually into Thailand and then flown to the USA. Everyone has their own tragic stories. Rest in peace to all those who lost their lives during the Vietnam war from kids to soldiers.
You guys are not a lost aboriginal tribe. There are 10 million Miaos nowadays in Southwest part of China, not to mention some more that have been assimilated in Han's ethnic group.
❤ love my Hmong people! Thank you for making this documentary of our people. So many other Asian’s don’t really like our Hmong people but that’s what makes us so strong and special. My mom said that is sad how the country doesn’t look like this anymore. The part where he casts out bad spirit when he drinks and sprayed the water reminds me of my blind Auntie who used to do that to cast out entities and ghosts out from the house. The ending is so 😢
It is sad to see alot of people suffer a pointless war, what have learnt? We were just pawns in America's war business, the truth of wars when Western nations are involved in is not for peace or democracy, it's for resources and dominance, not worth getting involved in that war.
Although the war have brought many deaths and sufferings, most of us hmong now have access to education in America and much more opportunities than ever before. But, the past is the past. The only thing we can do is to learn from it and move on. Focusing on bettering our present for the future.
@@fujok.9733 you missed my point completely after the war in Vietnam which effected laos which effect the hmong, where did the Americans go from there they went to Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and so on, access to education and opportunities sure we have that but my question to you is was it worth it? To lose some many lives and keep on losing more for Americas war machines that needs to go to war every year. Is it rally worth it?
@@Vicioues well said. The MIC will continue to plunder and steal resources while using propaganda and lies and the majority of people are too ignorant and always fall for it.
@@luelee6168 really after laos where did communist go? Which country did they invade, competing is fine if there is trade, but warring with other countries and stealing resources also invading thier lands and kill their people for resources that fine.?
this wasn't our war at all, we should had anti war protest just like other countries are doing, we hmong was the dumb hill tribe that was the easiest people to use for American/ Vietnam and laos war, that was big crime for using us to fight war that wasn't ours, now American do same thing to kirdish people and will abandon them to let them get genocide just like us. if I was a grown man back then with today's brain, I will do anything to prevent this war from us, those who willing to fight foreign war should separate from us. cuz they were hired for war but it affects all innocent people including elder, women and children got to die for this non hmong war, if vang Pao wanted to be warlord he has to build his own regime under his own party and don't ever use hmong territories for their war.
+tshav ntuj kaj nrig , so that is the reason hmong got marked as traitor and face genocide in their high land, it makes no sense to me that a hill tribe like us had to die defending American who 300 million people, if American truly a hero to save the world why not they physically walk and die with us on the ground, I mean it was their war,their problem and their interest why they used our poor people to die protect them, come on dude you know it's not fair for us, to me American is fake hero cuz they so chicken to fight their enemy so they go use stupid hill tribe people and even child soldiers to die for American war, I loss my respect for American hero cuz they are bunch of coward go use children and women as human shield only.
You’re right, everything you say is how a lot of people felt and feel now. But obviously you don’t understand politics and government. You say the uneducated Hill people got tricked into the war, what makes you think if you were around during that time, without living in America today and being educated like today and with knowledge like today, what makes you think you’d be any better and can stand up to Vang Pao and the politicians?? I guarantee you wouldn’t do anything, in fact you’d do what all the men at that time do, just join the war as a soldier to try and make some $ because you’d be poor like every other soldier at that time who joined just to try and make a living and hope to rise up and get a higher rank. U have to understand, back then, even though I’m young and born in America, I know through my fathers experience, if anyone refused to join when they draft you, it’s not like America and they just put u in jail, NO, back then they put a bullet in your head if you refuse to join.
Chaly Vaeewrrfrfwtettyrwetetng you can go back with the rest of your family. Fighting with the Americans was the best thing to ever happen to the hmoob people.
We understand your sentiment and frustration but it 's just no way out during that era. We Hmong as well as other Asian folks were just like bunch poor little kids. When a rich and unscrupulous powerful man threw cool toys in the block and asked everyone to fight for, everyone would do so. Hmong thought and understand of the world is limited to almost none during that period, and so Hmong were led to do anything the master wanted. It's tragic war by the democrats and backed heavily by the elitists military industry complex in America. There results were very bad but eventually the price Hmong paid has paved the way to a new Hmong in the western world.
The reason for war among countries, it is the ego/greed of the those leaders. They find excuses and use your fear and personal identities to die for them. Every person wants to live a happy life with their family.
Ntawm nuav yog lub zog Phuaj Hoos, Sayaboury, Laos. Yog Tsuj Yob Xyooj lub zog. Tug Faabkis tuaj nrug Tsuj Yao Xiong nyob hu ua Jacque Lemoine tuaj nyob tau tshaaj kaum xyoo hab paub lug Moob zoo.
Courtesy, English Translation: “This is the village Phuaj Hoos, Sayaboury, Laos. It is Tsuj Yob Xyooj’s village. The (white or French) man that came with Tsuj Yao Xyooj (Xiong is English spelling of this last name) is called Jacque Lemoine who stayed for over 10 years and has learned to speak Hmong (language) very well.” I am first generation Hmong American.
After all we have been through, we are still here strong. My Hmong people will survive. This is a wonderful video to see of all my past Hmongs. Thank you.
It's sad that the hmong soldiers didn't even know why and who their fighting, and yet, the U.S. doesn't even claim them after they witdrew from the war. Caught between a war they didn't start or wanted to be part of, just trying to survive and live their lives freely. 😢
Thank You for sharing this amazing part of history with me! Such a wonderful people with such grounded Spirits. Bless You for being caring and open to new things. I surely appreciate it? 💗🌺
What civil war? What I witnessed from 1969 to 1971 was a war between Hmong guerrillas-- backed by U.S. airpower--versus North Vietnamese regulars. The Pathet Lao followed the North Vietnamese and served as occupation troops. The Lao government troops would bolt at any conflict, shedding weapons, gear, and uniforms as they went. In the end, when history got sorted out (admittedly, way past 1972), In the end, out of the many battles fought in Laos, there was exactly one combat contact between Pathet Lao and Royal Lao Government in 15 years of fighting. When it was all over, Laos was basically a subsidiary of Vietnam. Again, I ask, What civil war?
Finally someone said it! The war in laos was commonly called a civil war, but the lao on both sides rarely did any fighting. The north vietnamese did most of the fighting for the pathet lao and the hill tribes did most of the fighting for the royal lao government. Like how do you call that a civil war?
Hmong fought Hmong. Some sided with Vietnamese communism and some wanted freedom. I’m Hmong and I’ve had family that were spy’s for the NVA. The other part of my family fled to the US where we reside today.
So, basically, the Laotians played the royal family, the Americans, the Hmong & some other allies. So, the truth finally comes to light. Did the Americans know too? Someone had to be keeping tabs combat data. The battle outcomes are rather suspect. Thank the AllMighty, I was delivered from that horrible country.
I don’t understand why we are just a hill tribe, small population we are farmers , why we willing to Enter the war with a super power country that from the far distance pacific to engage with 2 enemy such as Pathet laos Communist and North Vietnamese at once? Pathet laos communist friendships with NV gain power from Hanoi, laos population at the time 3.5 millions, NV 40 millions that’s why royal laos government not willing to participate to engage against pathet laos communist and NV ERA.during that time hmong are not well Educated ourself dis we realize that if American los the war so they flew away 747 disappear to the blue sky and how we can survived the enemy that we fight for US.look at back 40 ago to present we still carry on the war criminal that laos communist had label us AIDS US to fight against them.but US just Ignoring that’s why they Name the secret War in lao.hmong is not Valuable to the US after the War was over not any more.now they turn thier back on us and label us as terrors.look at this crucial politic.if we were you we would give you a hand already.tension the enemy, Sanction the enemy.
DNA tests should confirm Meo people as having Han blood. Their ancestors from the North were defeated by Huangdi and Yuandi. After death of Meo King (Zheyu) his eldest son left for the South with his people.
Huangdi & Yuandi? Did this occur before, during or after the Three Kingdoms era? North & Central China would've been Cao Cao's territory, the Wei Kingdom. With Shu to the the SouthWest & Wu to the SouthEast.
@@Weeping-Angel There is NO such thing as ''Chinese Race" & NO such thing as "pure Chinese". Chinese DNA from North, South, East & West are different. They have different dialects & sub-cultures. Chinese are just a "Melting Pot of Chinese". To be a Chinese is only Cultural not about a ethnic group.
@@holonet1I live in China where I live mixed with the Miao people. Yandi, Huangdi and Chiyou are the three ancestors of China. They lived 5,000 years ago. Among them, Chiyou is the ancestor of the Miao people. After the defeat, they fled to the south.
By looking back to history everything seen like a dream but this film show how's our parents n grandparents fought for their freedom and legacy. This is truth our Hmong have proved to other nation that we once have bloody battle filed against our enemy and fought for survival. Thank you for sharing this tremendous film experience we have not forgotten out history and will not forget our legacy and we are the Hmong people.
I don't think it's a video that's an age-old reflection on the origins of our Nation. I wish I could watch videos of my ancestors before they were split into many branches in China
Informative and heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing. Like many of the people leaving messages here, my parents and relatives went through this turmoil and horror.
The people's facial looks and everything are very much familiar to our naga's of India. How big size bamboo is used to carry water the woman beating the gong big basket made of bamboo and the structure of 🏠 house are perfect match to naga's of northeast India. There's no any written documents but it is believed we are from China. The names of people are often resembles . Rituals performing ..😇😇😇🙏
Hmong people are from China... but something happen and 1/4 of the Hmong population left China towards loas. The majority stayed behind. I wonder if those that stayed betray the one who left or the one who left ran away from the fight between Hmong and Chinese. We hmong don’t belong in loas, Vietnam or Thailand . Our homeland is in China ...there are missing pieces and we hmong need to find out what really happen to our people.
As a Han Chinese we welcome all Hmong diasporas to moved back to China. Hmong Americans are also welcomed if they still speak Hmong language and have lived in Mainland Southeast Asia for at least four years within the past five years.
Most of the Hmong men that stayed behind in China was turn into Eunuchs or got their balls cut off and the Hmong women were forced to married Hans. Present day Miao's in China are just a a money scheme created by the Chinese government to bring tourism just like what they are doing to the Uighurs now.
I don't think even 1/4 left China. I would say just 15% percent. Why? There are over 10 million Miao/Hmong in China. Vs 900,000 in Vietnam, 500,000 in Laos, 300,000 in Thailand, 300,000 in US, and 200,000 elsewhere.
