A box of red, white and blue cupcakes is set on the table. In broken English and heavy accents, the group of Hmong elders at the Hmong American Partnership sing "Happy 73 rd Birthday" to Kia Vang.

Students from Hmong American Peace Academy perform during the dress rehearsal for “Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella” on Thursday May 7, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO (Associated Press) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate ...

(FOX40.COM) — On Saturday, culture, history and art filled Grant Union High School as people across the community joined together to celebrate the Hmong New Year. Ivory Xiong and Shyanne Moua are ...

Tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Paul on Saturday to celebrate decades of Hmong culture in Minnesota. The Hmong ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- As a way to earn money in refugee camps, Hmong women and men created brightly colored textiles with hand-stitched images of war, a journey across a river and other scenes that told the ...

Explore how the Fresno nonprofit A Hopeful Encounter and Kristy Xiong teach youth how to prepare and cook traditional Hmong ...

Hmong traditional dating games were played during the New Year Festival over the weekend. This involved men and women each standing in a line on opposite sides of a hall, facing each other. The ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Yia Vang never wanted to be a chef. His siblings received postgraduate degrees, while Vang just ...

The Hmong International Freedom Festival in St. Paul offers cultural performances, sports, and more. The event is expected to ...

Preserving their roots through the art of dance. The Connecticut Hmong community is connecting with its youth through traditional dance groups. Practice makes perfect for Melina Vang as one half of a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells.