Hmong dating traditions

To Hmong Women, Connecting Love and Marriage Is Laughable!

The Hmong people are a minority ethnic group who originated in China as early as the third century. With the rise of communism, the Hmong were forced to conform to Chinese customs. After several wars with the Chinese, they started to migrate. Many settled in Burma Myanmar , Thailand, and Vietnam. However, a majority of the Hmong people found peace in Laos and stayed there for years.

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Hmong families are really protective and they tend to live together as extended families. From my experience, we do have an extended family but we don't live under one roof anymore. The grandparent usually goes and live with one of her sons, but the families ties are still as strong as steel. Hmong marriage in the US is different from marriage back then in Laos.

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In the age of Facebook, the ancient Hmong courtship ritual of pov pob — looking for true love by tossing balls with potential mates at Hmong New Year — is making a comeback. The tradition had been losing ground to the likes of friending and picking a match off a computer screen. How can this be stopped? Brenda Lee, 30, a financial advisor who met her boyfriend last year playing pov pob , said modern forms of matchmaking make Hmong singles all the more eager for face-to-face relating.

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Hmong Culture & Strengths

Written by Terri Crosby on May 6, Posted in Relationships. The Hmong people are an isolated ethnic minority , inhabiting the highest mountain peaks in Vietnam, Laos, China and Thailand.

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