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  2. Gran Torino - Wikipedia

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    Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film features a large Hmong American cast (the first time for an American mainstream film), [4] as well as one of Eastwood's younger sons, Scott. Eastwood's oldest son of record, Kyle, composed the film's score with Michael ...

  3. Hmong music - Wikipedia

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    Hmong music. Hmong music is an important part of the culture of the Hmong people, an ethnic group from southeast Asia. Because the Hmong language is tonal, there is a close connection between Hmong music and the spoken language. Music is an important part of Hmong life, played for entertainment, for welcoming guests, and at weddings and funerals.

  4. Luj Yaj - Wikipedia

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    Lue Yang (RPA: Luj Yaj, Pahawh: π–¬†π–¬Άπ–¬ž 𖬖𖬰𖬀) is a popular Hmong singer from Thailand. [citation needed] He is considered to be one of the most well known of Hmong singers to date. He gained notoriety when two of his songs appeared in a Hmong dubbed Thai film called "Kev Hlub Txiav Tsis Tau". [1] Those two songs were "Nco Koj Ib ...

  5. Pioneering Hmong rocker Thai Thao of the Sounders talks about ...

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    Thai Thao, frontman for pioneering Hmong rock band the Sounders, has been on a farewell tour performing as Thai Sounders. His final show is set for the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on Feb. 10.

  6. Brenda Song - Wikipedia

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    Brenda Song was born on March 27, 1988, in Carmichael, California, [1] [3] [4] a suburb of Sacramento, to a Thai father from Bangkok and Thai Hmong mother from Chiang Mai. [5] Her paternal grandparents were from the Xiong clan (η†Š; Xyooj in Hmong), but Americanized their surname to Song after arriving in the United States. [5]

  7. Hmong people - Wikipedia

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    In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people. The modern Hmong reside mainly in Southwest China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guangxi) and countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. There is also a large diasporic community in the United States of more than 300,000.

  8. Bua Xou Mua - Wikipedia

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    Bua Xou Mua. Bua Xou Mua (1915–2013), also known as Boua Xou Mua, was a Hmong spiritual leader, village chief, and musician. He was known for his recitation of the Hmong oral epic and playing of the gaeng (bamboo mouth organ). [1] He was born in Ban Whoi Na, a village in northeastern Laos, in 1915. His extended family had lived in this ...

  9. Bee Vang - Wikipedia

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    Born. (1991-11-04) November 4, 1991 (age 32) Fresno, California, U.S. Occupation (s) Actor, activist. Years active. 2008–present. Bee Vang (RPA: Npis Vaj, Pahawh: 𖬃𖬰𖬨𖬡 π–¬–π–¬°π–¬œ; born November 4, 1991) is an American actor and activist of Hmong Thai descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood 's 2008 film Gran ...