Hmong Culture Analysis

In our culture, Hmong, there are certain morals that differentiate depending on your last name and what group you are. For example, my parents always reminds me and my siblings to marry only to our people and not to other culture out there. Although many peoples from different ethnicities are “okay” with the idea to marry other people into their family, my family’s way of marriage is that it is seen not appropriate to marry other into our family. These certain traditions, morals, and values make up the puzzle pieces in what means as Hmong. One thing about our culture is that there are a lot of different last names such as Xiong, Yang, Her, Hang, Vang, Thao, and some more. There are some that have the same last name, but with an extra letter …show more content…
There are two type: green and white. My family and I speak in two different type of language in Hmong although to me it sound the same. Both language is similar to one another except in tone and words. One is speak more sternly and worded in a way that sound harsh and the other one is speak more in a friendly tone and worded in a nicer way. It also come in the traditional clothes that we wear for Hmong New Year. I am not clear on which type either dress in a dress and the other one dress in a pant. It also include the designs and hats that are wear. The reason why we have beads and coins in our traditional Hmong clothes is to represent the amount of money in our family. Although that used to be what it meant in the past, but now it matter less in what it represent and more on the decoration. Also, the brand of clothes and the necklaces use to be made by hands and is heavy, but now it is made by machine and weight less than the real one. Another thing is that in each last name, there are those that we can only married except those that we can’t. For example, because I am a Yang, I am not allowed to date or marry a Yang, because that will be the same as dating or marrying your brother, a Hang, Thao, and one more that I have