The hmong custom have many unique practices that are expected to be follow, these expectations include social status, marriage, and the appearance of a person. We are categorized ourselves by clans which are depended on our father’s last name considering the variety of last names in the Hmong community. Marriage also plays an important role to the hmong custom as it represents who you are. For example, you are not allow to marry a person with the same last name as you, but is allow to marry a relative from the mother side of the family as she have a different last name.
