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    05-The remoteness doesn´t only preserve their culture. It´s also endangered therefore, as for Hmong women it is very difficult to find a man to marry in this scarcity of population. by: lena1982 Views[280] 04-Hmong life is a hard life. Temperatures drop down to 0°C during winter - and the hilly area makes it hard to access. This is one reason why their culture was preserved for a long time - but the worldwide modernisation already started there, too. by: lena1982 Views[295] 03-A school and gardens in a Hmong village. Today there´s peace but as Hmong people are proud to have their own culture, different to the vietnamese culture, they are tolerated by the vietnamese government but only to a certain point: in 2014 at least 8 Hmong were arrested as they protested for freedom of religion and belief because of a government campaign forcing the ethnic minority group to return to older funeral practices. by: lena1982 Views[278] 02-Next room, her mother is cooking food with Cuas younger sister Kiab on her back. The Hmong have quite a history. In the 60ies and 70ies the CIA recruited thousands of Hmong people in the neighboring country Laos to fight against invading military forces from Northern Vietnam and the communist, known as the Secret War, during the Vietnam War and the Laotian Civil War. by: lena1982 Views[324] 01-Cua is watching TV. She is one of the one million members counting Hmong ethnic minority in Vietnam. by: lena1982 Views[295]
     

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    Monday, 24 Nov 2014 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    Ever since I wanted to become a photographer for National Geographic. I never really thought it to be a realistic wish, so I just kept this dream for myself mostly. Still I doubt that it will ever happen. But: as this dream hasn´t stopped repeating to ... Read more >
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