HMONG AMERICAN

FOOD

• Rice has to be eaten with other food.
• Eat leafy vegetables boil in water.
• Boil meat with a bit of salt.
• Have to have pepper to eat with.
• Eat chicken almost everyday.

MARRIAGE

• Happens at home.
• Travels to wife home first then the husband.
• Wear tradition Hmong clothes.
• Use a black umbrella w/ black & white strip.
• Go to the wife house speak w/ her parents.

DRESS-APPERANCE

• Full length Hmong dress for events.
• Wear a waist coin beads.
• Wear a soft head set with strips.
• Have these sliver jewelry necklace.
• Wear a white shirt under the clothing.

RELIGION

• My family are 100% Hmong.
• We believe in Shaman.
• Elders have to cover there face w/ a black or red cloth.
• Have these red & white bracelet on ankle or hand.
• Uses a golden paper & glue it to a door .

COMMUNICATION/LANGUAGE

• Uses dialect
• Theres Hmong White & Hmong Green.
• Uses Hmong to speak to them.
• My parents speak another language that is Laos.
• Speak Hmong to my parents.(ex. Nyob Zoo)