Hmong New Year In Laos

Tongthor Tong Vatou is from Xieng Khouang Province and came to live in Luang Prabang to become a teacher.

Hmong new year in laos. Hmong is the third largest ethnic group in Laos and this new year is one of the biggest festivals of the year. However this name is no longer official and generally the Hmong prefer to be called by their ethnic group name. This festival assumes ordinarily takes position before the finish of the twelfth lunar schedule month when the gather is done and nourishments are rich.

The Hmong New Year is a time of bright traditional dresses courtship rituals and fun for the Hmong people. In Laos young Hmong men and women often marry a month or two after the New Year. Hmong New year is the first of the 5 new year days in Laos.

The Hmong New Year celebration is an important communal and social event that occurs after the harvest season. The New Year Celebration begins on the morning of the primary day of the new year and may last at least three days. Hmong people also have their own New Year which is different from the universal New Year on 1 st of January and from the Lao New Year in mid-April.

During the New Years celebration Hmong dress in traditional clothing and enjoy Hmong traditional foods dance music bull fights and other forms of. In December or January the Hmong celebrate their new year called Noj Peb Caug pronounced Nor Pe Chao. Doane Yawger 209 Magazine.