Hmong+flower+cloth

This flower cloth tells about how Hmong people live. They mostly live in the mountain. Why? Because it's rich land, so it's easier for them to grow their crops. They don't have floor under their house, the ground is their floor. Their house are made from bamboo, and most of their things are made from bamboo too.

This thing is use to carry woods, fruits, rice, food, and other stuff like clothes. Its make out of bamboo, the Hmong people cut it into little long stripe to make it. This thing is use to smoosh rice,corn, and other foods. They were made from wood and rock. They choose a rock that would be strong enough, so that the rock could do it's work.

The U.S. get Hmong people into war in the Vietnam War by making a great promise. The U.S. trained them, urged them to fight, then broke their promise. They pulled out without doing anything to protect Hmong against the terrible revenge that was promise and has been delivered. Hundreds of thousands of Hmong people risks their lives to escape the revenge. They cross the Mekong River by swimming, making a boat, or have two bamboo to support them to float across. They ended up in an abysmal conditions in the refugee camps of Thailand with hundreds and hundreds dying along the way. Some Hmong go to the United State to escape the tragic revenge.

Here is another history cloth that is closer to look at.



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