Mason Lospeej Her shares stories through the qeej, a Hmong instrument. Milwaukee graduate student Mason Lospeej Her maintains Hmong cultural traditions by performing the qeej, a woodwind instrument ...

It's not a staccatic loud beat that echoes from Hmong instruments. Nor is it a subtle reserved hum. "It's haunting," said Bea Larson. "When I hear those sounds, it's like I'm also in their villages, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO)-- The Qeej Festival in St. Paul on Sunday celebrated a musical instrument that's one of the most recognized symbols of the Hmong people. The day-long showcase highlighted every ...

A recently expanded museum in St. Paul, Minnesota, celebrates Hmong American culture and history. But rather than presenting rare artifacts from bygone eras, the collections focus on educating the ...

The second annual Qeej and Hmong Arts Festival, which organizers say is the country’s only event of its kind dedicated to the traditional pipe instrument, is coming to downtown St. Paul next month.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - Forty years after the first Hmong refugees arrived in the United States with no idea how they would ever feel like a part of this strange new world, elders from Eau Claire’s ...

Chiang Mai archivist and musician Victoria Vorreiter published a book on tribal music, Songs Of Memory: Traditional Music Of The Golden Triangle, in 2009. Since then she has been busy travelling, ...

The Hmong New Year will be celebrated Saturday, Dec. 5 at First United Methodist Church (copper-top church), 230 E. Skyline Parkway. The celebration runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a program 11 a.m. to ...

A group of more than 150 people were treated to a taste of Hmong culture Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in La Crosse. Four girls, aged 8 to 11, and bedecked in bright outfits and beads, ...