If you don’t happen to speak Hmong, you won’t know exactly the poetry of the words, but you can feel the emotion of the kwv txhiaj. There are five different video channels in artist Pao Houa Her’s ...

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 ...

Sarah Bellamy puts her own stamp on Penumbra Theatre, founded by her father. Bee Yang is a respected traditional Hmong song poet of kwv txhiaj and a refugee of war. Author, poet and playwright Marcie ...

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 ...