Explore Hmong cultural preservation through music, focusing on the styles of lug txaj and kwv txhiaj Discover the deep historical roots of Hmong folk singing, a tradition that originated in China and ...

Think of kwv txhiaj as song poetry. Or better yet, think of it like a Hmong version of the blues. And in that vein, think of kwv txhiaj the way American writer Ralph Ellison thought of the blues: "an ...

Kwv txhiaj is a Hmong musical form that has its origins in southern China and Southeast Asia, is several centuries old and is kept alive through its singers. One of them happens to call the US Midwest ...

This article originally appeared on PRI.org on May 26, 2016, and is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. Think of kwv txhiaj as song poetry. Or better yet, think of it like a Hmong ...