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  • After the Vietnam War, France relocated a small group of 45 Hmong refugees from Laos to its overseas territory in South America, called French Guiana.
    The Hmong people were fleeing persecution from the communists, because they were long-time allies of France and had fought with US forces.
    Forty years later, French Guiana is now heavily reliant on the food that these refugees and their descendants grow in farms deep in the Amazon jungle. It’s said they are a true immigration success story, but this happy ending was not always guaranteed.
    Film by Daisy Walsh, Tommy Chavannes and Jilla Dastmalchi.
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ความคิดเห็น • 417

  • @ChatRBz
    @ChatRBz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I'm so proud that some people recognize our hmong history

    • @TheHmongcgi
      @TheHmongcgi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      CHINA IS THE WORSE PLACE TO BE A HMONG.....THE CALL US MIAO THERE.

    • @johnnythao
      @johnnythao 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheHmongcgi Every ethnic group has a different name that identifies them in another language. I mean we call the Han-Chinese "Suav", and that's only almost exclusive to us Hmong-Lao people, because other Hmong people from other Asian countries have their own names and terms they call Han-Chinese people.
      Also, the term "Miaozu" isn't adherently bad, because the character "苗" is used to explain something like a flower sprouting, which was possibly influenced by our women's colorful clothing. while "族" is the basic's for the word "clan".
      Unless you're going off on what the Southeast Asian's call us, such "Meo", than yeah, it's a derogatory term, because it's like calling us "Cats", which is often the term the majority of Hmong-Lao people are only familiar with.

  • @bigjim2times
    @bigjim2times 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Had A Hmong boss once. Her family fled to war to Tennessee and mainly do agriculture.
    Her family is HUGE, I mean each family member has like 4-6 kids. She also has 4 kids to support while working as a single mother.
    The black community hasn't been very kind towards them. The Hmong kids were constantly picked on at school while the principles turned a blind eye on them.

    • @fortnitepzprs584
      @fortnitepzprs584 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agree with you 💯 teachers and principal turned blind eyes.

    • @user-df3op4jz1f
      @user-df3op4jz1f 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The people who cry racism is usually the most racist. They're a mirror of themselves.

    • @SoCloud526
      @SoCloud526 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The ignorant blacks! I'm not surprised in Tenn😤

  • @moev6460
    @moev6460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    There's a saying in Hmong. Give us land and we will never be hungry.

    • @worldentertainmentvang7307
      @worldentertainmentvang7307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also..there’s a saying in Hmong. If you give us Arms, we will fight against communism. Helping the U.S is a sad situation, as an Allie during the Vietnam War in Laos, we almost win the war..but the U.S Congress chose to leave in 1973 by not sending more ammunition and other supplies for the Hmong and General Vang Pao’s Military Forces in Laos.
      In 1973, The Royalist Lao Government and the Communist Pathet Lao rebels, Left-Wing government signed a peace treaty ceasefire agreement. The Communist lied and tooked over the country in 1975.

  • @appleslover
    @appleslover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Everyone wants them to survive but no one wants to help them

    • @flopshow2133
      @flopshow2133 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😢

    • @Facts_Tube2128
      @Facts_Tube2128 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smallest country to the world
      th-cam.com/video/Q9LNVxxWtEY/w-d-xo.html

    • @solidus_reaver4381
      @solidus_reaver4381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Go and help them then

    • @biserivanov5706
      @biserivanov5706 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @xeemnpisyuslis2089
      @xeemnpisyuslis2089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So true. I worked in Cacao for 3 years as Hmong-American. Only now, that they are successful in developing the country/Territory, that they are respected. 2000+ Hmong in French Guiana, providing 70-80% of the agriculture for French Guiana of about 300,000 population. Everyone wants them now.

  • @victoryang3220
    @victoryang3220 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    We, the Hmong people, migrated from China to Laos in many centuries ago. I hope we're establishing permanent residences in where ever we are now to avoid another movement. This is a good reflection of our experiences and resettlement as refugees from Laos. Thank you to BBC for sharing this special film about our Hmong people.

  • @robertt.7673
    @robertt.7673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The Hmongs were dropped in the jungle with no supports and they built everything. The locals once protested "Hmongs Out" and now the country couldn't live without them. 2% of pop feeds 70% of the country. Wow. When you get rid of wars and hate, things seem to turn out well for everybody. Beautiful story of an incredible group of people. When I think of French Guiana, I think of the hellhole of the penal colony that French government used to ship its criminals to. The film "Papillon" came to mind.

    • @marlene97280
      @marlene97280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They can, les circonstances ont fait qu'ils ont monopoliser le secteur agricole

    • @rogerrugina9594
      @rogerrugina9594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@marlene97280 monopoliser comment? Les noirs font quoi? Manif apres manif

    • @ironivzed1674
      @ironivzed1674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just learn this few weeks ago.... they talking about hmong people in South Africa or South America. I'm hmong too but the subtitles and stories not matching up.

    • @maximeschmitt2094
      @maximeschmitt2094 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      With no support?? France offered them a BIG territory that wasn't in the middle of nothing since there was a Mission there! Also, wood planks and roof sheets were offered to them to build their houses.
      The French government went to help them in Asia and made sure that families comprised the 3 generations!
      Your comment is absolutely DISGUSTING. Just because you hate France (based on lies probably) doesn't allow you to post those p'ath'eti'c BS.

    • @robertt.7673
      @robertt.7673 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@maximeschmitt2094 Read my post again. You have no idea what I posted but did not stop you to attack me!!! Just because I praised the Hmongs does not mean I hate France. Since we on subject, why didn't France government allow the Hmongs to immigrate into France like they did with the Vietnamese, Moroccans and other people from French colonies at that time? We know why and that I think the Hmongs are incredible people with strong survival skills. And support to you means wood planks and metal sheets to build their houses and that was enough for you. So you prefer Missionary help more than the resources the France government offer inside France itself, for instant the psychological help, after all they just arrived from war zone. Yes it was the jungle that they cleared up and build their lives over again and not big cities to what being reported. By the way, my paternal side live in a suburb outside Paris and in Mets. Two of my uncles work for the French government. Yea right, I must really hate France (i am being sarcastic so don't misconstrue). You comment shows you are illiterate and know nothing so STFU!!!

  • @ahmongtheworld4701
    @ahmongtheworld4701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    12:20 - "I arrived in this country, and I believe that people can see now that I am a respectable elder. Now I'm old. As I age, I conclude that if you are Hmong, be proud to be Hmong in this country."
    This translation more accurately captures the heart of the elderly man's concluding remark in light of the Hmong's difficult history leading up to and in French Guiana. His peoples' and his resilience in the face of opposition is the reason why they celebrate being Hmong. They not only rebuilt their community from the ground up but also now contribute to French Guiana's overall economy and sustainability. In the Hmong culture, one's community's honor is also one's honor which is why he takes pride in his people and their accomplishments. He is a respectable elder because of his community!
    Thank you for making this video to give a voice to people not often heard.

    • @Desi365
      @Desi365 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did Hmongs do in the US ? What areas did they relocate to ? Did they keep farming ?

    • @devilish_sins
      @devilish_sins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Desi365 Hello Desi! I’m Hmong and the Hmong people helped the US fought against the Vietnamese in the Vietnam war because they were the only people who knew the way around the land. They are a tribal group that lives up in the mountains in Laos near the border between Thailand and Vietnam. Hmong people have relocated in Minnesota, North Carolina, California, Georgia, Utah, and Wisconsin. Yes Hmong people kept farming till today.

    • @bradyang
      @bradyang 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Desi365yes, and much more. The Minnesota history museum has a hmong history exhibition that everyone should see.

  • @worldentertainmentvang7307
    @worldentertainmentvang7307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    3:45 Have much respect for the Hmong Veteran guy, Become a soldier for the French Army in 1940's. Thank you for your service and contributions, commitment to protect your Country, your homeland.

  • @ssthao
    @ssthao 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In Laos, Hmong can easily chop down all the trees on a mountain so they can plant their rice, corns and other veggies in a few weeks so this forest is nothing to them.

  • @apbpa5042
    @apbpa5042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I am Hmong living in America and I am so proud of our people. With all the persecution, we still survived with much of our language, culture & history, but if our young don't take interest soon, we will lose all that rich history.

    • @lookiaursiana
      @lookiaursiana 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Depends what you mean by "taking interest"

    • @apbpa5042
      @apbpa5042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lookiaursiana examples like learning the language, it's history, and some of its traditions, etc

    • @lookiaursiana
      @lookiaursiana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@apbpa5042 yeah there're is definitely some things to keep but also a lot of things to change or forget about the traditions for the sake of new generations especially when it comes to how women are treated.

    • @apbpa5042
      @apbpa5042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lookiaursiana yep that's a big 👍

  • @jeanpierrehelaine7201
    @jeanpierrehelaine7201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    These hmong have a very positive spirit Their futur is in front of them . Meanwhile there s a guy complaining , there's no more slavery in guyane , time to wake up, the futur is not behind . Hmong are hard working people , there s no secret .

  • @johnx8285
    @johnx8285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm glad that the French government offered Hmong people a place to settle after the war, but Placing them onto a French territory is kind of a slap in the face. That's like the US saying to the Hmong "we're gonna put you guys on Puerto Rico because your lifestyle doesn't suit the mainland".

    • @northbay4619
      @northbay4619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're wrong. Many Hmong struggle to assimilate in America and live at the poverty line. You think that way because you think the agrarian lifestyle is inferior when in actuality, the Hmong in French Guiana are considered very prosperous. Meanwhile, the younger generation is also educated and fully participate in the modern world.

    • @Desi365
      @Desi365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's none of that. The Hmongs are farmers and farming was needed in Guiana at that time. That was a fuzzy plan from the onset, to be honest, but the Hmongs made it come to life. Kudos to them.

    • @sirsaca6026
      @sirsaca6026 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @maximeschmitt2094
      @maximeschmitt2094 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah shame on the French government that sent those refugees to a place that is MUCH more similar to South East Asia. It would have been so MUCH better to send them in big souless US cities

    • @pablobilbao9258
      @pablobilbao9258 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are many Hmongs in metropolitan France too and they are doing well.

  • @gaohuynhanderson
    @gaohuynhanderson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Very heart warming. Thank you! I’m Hmong and I wouldn’t be here in USA if it weren’t for my parents sacrifice. ❤️❤️😊

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      @biserivanov5706 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @Haoxman101
    @Haoxman101 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One thing I learn bout us hmong people is we make home of where we are even with all the conflict we haves faced.Hmong people are simple and loving even when there’s tension and hate. We are true survivors ❤ I feel blessed to be hmong

  • @welcome2stp
    @welcome2stp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I love my people! Thank you for making this video. Wished it was longer.
    Love from USA 🇺🇸

    • @flopshow2133
      @flopshow2133 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow great text

    • @biserivanov5706
      @biserivanov5706 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @pathao8182
    @pathao8182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thank you BBC news for telling our story. ❤️🙏🏻✨

  • @naveenkrishnan140
    @naveenkrishnan140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    its emotional hearing the grandma story. hmong people will get what they work for...

  • @yengvang757
    @yengvang757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you for making this video thank you for giving us recognition. I love our people and I'm proud to be Hmong. I wish it was longer I couldn't stop watching this.

  • @i.h.7268
    @i.h.7268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My people have sacrificed so much for the US and French. We lost our loved ones and our homes. Today the government we fought along side with don't appreciate us. We were thrown in random places, we learned how to adapt and we started over without any help.

  • @holamad
    @holamad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Respect to the Hmongs

  • @Desi365
    @Desi365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Onne (important) word though: Guiana is not a "colony" of France. Guyaneses voted in the 50s against independence and to remain part of France. They are an overseas territory, like Alaska is for the US for example.

  • @allandsouza2288
    @allandsouza2288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    These people are hard working

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      @biserivanov5706 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @rickiex
    @rickiex ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @4:00 he actually says vietnamese instead of communist, but i totally get why they sub'd it into communist instead of vietnamese xD

    • @l06pual
      @l06pual 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Vietnamese were referring to the communist at the time. We local simply call them viet or kao

  • @lfeb
    @lfeb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Such hardship! What resilience! Very impressive story, wish I had been taught in school

  • @jinchang9639
    @jinchang9639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So sad and so proud to see my people are doing well around the world.
    Yes, the Communist Lao still kill the Hmong so I hope UN can help soon.

    • @apbpa5042
      @apbpa5042 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those are our forgotten brothers & sisters that we need to remember to go back for. We should not forget them.

  • @wm2357
    @wm2357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Israel has not yet learned to be multicultural.

    • @lewis123417
      @lewis123417 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not everyone in the world subscribes to the idea of multiculturalism. It's relatively new and given the trouble it's caused in Europe I can't see it being exported worldwide anytime soo.

    • @mikhailgorbachev7851
      @mikhailgorbachev7851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lewis123417 hold up. Multiculturalism has worked for centuries. Just because a few non-European people killed a bunch of Europeans doesn't mean multiculturalism doesn't work. The systems, the food, the people, religions and the cultures have been mixed since people began travelling. Today we eat chocolate most likely grown in Africa. We drink tea grown in India. I eat my fish and chips inspired by the Scandinavians. Everything has mixed with other cultures. The algebra I learn was invented by an Iranian. The fruits I eat are grown from every corner of TH-cam. You must look at the positives before looking at the negatives.
      Peace ✌

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      @PraveenKumar-rx2ck 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @luevang5235
    @luevang5235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I love how French only helped us because they saw profit... Anyways I’m so glad Hmong in French Guiana are doing fine🙂

    • @JSS_Network
      @JSS_Network 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      France can't let go of their colonial ideology, who are the original inhabitants of Guiana? Obviously not the french..

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      @biserivanov5706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @northbay4619
      @northbay4619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Quit crying. It is a win-win for both sides.

    • @northbay4619
      @northbay4619 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JSS_Network It's a dog eat dog world. If you don't protect your territory and cultivate it, someone else will.

  • @tubceevxwmlee8328
    @tubceevxwmlee8328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Grandpa is proud to be Hmong. 👍

  • @toualee1430
    @toualee1430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My grandma would tell us stories about how the French would recruit Hmongs to help build the railroads.

  • @TranNguyen-fj7yd
    @TranNguyen-fj7yd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    most asians are hard working ... probably harder than most of the world .. that's why they succeed wherever they migrate to ..

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  • @MJamilHoque
    @MJamilHoque 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This just highlights nations like Britain, France, America who divide, destroy manipulate and displace (in other words colonise) leave a path of poverty.
    All of them should be a shamed and taxed!

    • @MJamilHoque
      @MJamilHoque 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Dicky Tricky Did I hit a nerve end of yours?
      Just because the west have recently abolished slavery, does not mean they can point the finger at others.
      Fact is colonisation still effects those people. Slavery was one of the perks from colonising countries. Another was manipulating situations to take raw resources without paying for them.

    • @billbob458
      @billbob458 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MJamilHoque Go away brownman, we don't care

    • @MJamilHoque
      @MJamilHoque 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dicky Tricky I can see your narrow mind cannot consider the other side but let's go with one of the countries you point out.
      India has a satisfactory railway system and back when it was built, a good one at that. However they had the abilities to obtain the skill to achieve that themselves, if Britain did not interfer or colonise them. India has enough agriculture to satisfy their nation and again could have increased it themselves, without the need of anyone interfering. They had laws in place effective communication that worked without Britain interfering and dividing the country. But let's see why Britain went to India, as you say for trade?
      At the time of India being colonised, India had a wealth of resources worth £41 Trillion. Imagine the value they would have now!
      All of which were taken by political moves backed by the army.
      Let's not get into another separate example of China and the opium war.

  • @kandisong7805
    @kandisong7805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My people have suffered-no land called home and the only home is the one we carry together as a community in our unwavering hearts to helps others.

  • @lojleeb2996
    @lojleeb2996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    we THe Hmong, we are peacful people and we are the mother of grow thing on earth, whatever countries have Hmong people live in, that country is lucky and will have food to eat.

  • @alwaysluv4ever774
    @alwaysluv4ever774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow. This is so beautiful. Long live these beautiful people. Long live free Hmong. They’ve worked so hard. May the Lord always watch over them.🙏❤️✨

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  • @Desi365
    @Desi365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    France was rewarded for not leaving behind those who fought for her, then. French Hmongs, like all French nationals can look at the future.

  • @az00001
    @az00001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great documentary!! Hmong lives more than 5000 years and still going.

  • @freesaxon6835
    @freesaxon6835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whilst here in Britain you are called a racist if you want to ' marry your own ' say no to integration annihilation '

  • @barrykevin7658
    @barrykevin7658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The rest of us in the world can certainly learn something from that story ,

    • @agathokleia3056
      @agathokleia3056 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @QSL.
    @QSL. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! How wonderful, they were not welcome, not wanted. These people were threw into the middle of the jungle, with no help. They survived and now, they own the country. Stand up you Hmong people!, stand up ! Stand up! You own all the things that you have made and work so hard for. Out of all of us( Hmong refugees) you have the hardest, and work the hardest, by the awesomeness of your survival skills and hard work. Now you become kind and celebrated your good work! Now the French want you, because you are now worthy. YOU HMONG HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WORTHY ALL THE TIME! STAND TALL HMONG. May all of you be blessed.

    • @Desi365
      @Desi365 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's France who saved their lives, you understand. They were going to be killed by the communists in Vietnam. And they were not "thrown into the jungle", they were given the land to be farmed. That's not what i call mistreatment.

  • @mryaj0095
    @mryaj0095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thats my people... so proud.

  • @niamtxiv
    @niamtxiv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for the doc. Bless be with the Hmong community of French Guyane.

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  • @aeliusromanus9338
    @aeliusromanus9338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The guys from sw asia came and in 50 years make a jungle into the breadbasket of guiana. On the other hand, all the guys from African backgrounds came in 1800 as slaves, were freed in 1850 and up till now are poor. I see a pattern here.

    • @Aspartame69
      @Aspartame69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We are expected to understand how evolution works while at the same time ignore the fact that different populations in different places with hugely different selective pressures and cultures all evolved to be exactly the same other than skin colour. It might not be politically correct to say so, but the evidence does seem to suggest that certain populations have not had the most fortuitous evolutionary path with regards to their suitability in the modern world.

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    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They literally built European and American cities by their slave Labour or by them being enslaved and thus making such place having a booming sector, Manchester,England for example was a small town before the Atlantic slave trade ..
      But of course what would someone expect from a racist xenophobe who uses another minority to degrade other minorities to feed his made-up hierarchy and superiority complex.
      And this is not even the worst part, people trying to justify and somehow validate such horseshit with "ScIeNcE" instead of criticising it is the scariest part, just like the fool above me.

    • @Aspartame69
      @Aspartame69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@appleslover If slavery built europe and the US, why is africa so backwards? They have been enslaving each other for millennia and embraced the atlantic slave trade as a way to get hold of advanced technology from europe. Some african countries were the harshest opponents to abolition, while it was the UK that made it happen.
      If slavery actually built anything, you would expect africa to be the most well built continent on earth. Its almost as though there are other factors involved.

    • @aeliusromanus9338
      @aeliusromanus9338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@appleslover it seems you're saying they need someone, how can I say, incentivizing them to work and build? Otherwise they remain poor. That's really racist.

  • @av3r3st24
    @av3r3st24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the translators are leaving some specifics out and i personally don’t like that they simplify it
    0:10 we we arrived in this land, the darks thought that, us hmong ate people.
    0:59 then when we came, it was only forests. (i’m not exactly sure on this part, but:) we then thought, wood, then cut down wood whole. (probably means farm? iono)
    2:11 i like that translation, it’s pretty correct.
    4:00 They captured my mother and 2 children and sister in law. The reason, that my mom and my sister in law and her children were killed, what was the reason; Because i went to be a soldier, to be a french soldier. You think that you can’t stay anymore. You are the one to take everyone out of laos, and into france, into America.
    (background info: Because the usa were leaving “lost” the vietnam war, they left behind the native people there who were helping them. Because hmong people helped the other side, they were being prosecuted. The “secret war” to hmong people were about the recruit of us who became soldiers and helped america fight against communists. everyone in laos had to journey and cross the mekong river to flee from laos to thailand. From thailand, there would be camps of these refugees. And because of that, the usa and france (apparently. i thought it was just the us until now) came and took some of the hmong people to their country. Dispersing the hmong people around the US. you could say hmong people are here now because of this.
    6:27 when us hmong came, the forest was dark (meaning there was a lot of forest) when us hmong came. made clothes, stayed and slept. Morning, you think that, “you came to this land, is it right to stay or not stay”, but then you think, “you don’t have land or place anymore, nevermind, as long as there’s a place for wife and children to make food and eat, it’s good. When we then came, it was only jungle.
    12:20 i think that, i came to this land, others see that i am an elder who has value. Now, i am old, i am old. i think that, “you are hmong, you are happy you are hmong, that you came to this land here france.”
    these are how i personally translate it, i don’t understand some of his words, but this is more specifically translated.

    • @Desi365
      @Desi365 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, i noticed there was a gap between French and translation in English.
      At the beginning, the woman says "my appearance is Hmong" and this is translated as "my inner self is Hmong. Which is the exact opposite...
      You have to wonder if it's incompetence or some forced editorial script....

  • @lauravang6556
    @lauravang6556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Horrible translation of what was being said by the elderly gentleman.

    • @jerryhsu5032
      @jerryhsu5032 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Betrayal of his own people and joined the French army?

  • @ScooterBlia2
    @ScooterBlia2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for making and sharing this short documentary! Much love from around the world.

  • @Diesel735
    @Diesel735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Working hard at what you know.
    Can lead to success.

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      @agathokleia3056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Based on true story
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  • @lbkHS
    @lbkHS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    working with many H'mong Christians in Vietnam. They are indeed hardworking, smart and generous.

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  • @nutellaindian4917
    @nutellaindian4917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Time for every person to live responsibly.

  • @TheMadisonHang
    @TheMadisonHang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hmong people have the most unique and dynamic history of any Nation in the world

  • @1132boyz
    @1132boyz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Proud to be Hmong

  • @pangcrain6040
    @pangcrain6040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Spreading the love and kindness 😍 is what makes the world go around

  • @TravelerLensOfficial
    @TravelerLensOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this video. Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Peace from Tunisia !

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  • @TheNeeyang
    @TheNeeyang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hmong people will always survive. That’s all we know!

  • @u123123123123123
    @u123123123123123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    African former french colony countries envy French Guiana

  • @andyl9920
    @andyl9920 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Which flights can i fly to get there? I looked on travelocity for 2023 and there are no flights there at all. Please help.

  • @VictorFursov
    @VictorFursov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting and positive movie. Thank you.

  • @vitravaah2527
    @vitravaah2527 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The old man said, '" When we got here, there were only thick jungles. We have to cleared the jungles so we can farmed".

  • @chewher4171
    @chewher4171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello my people...My family branch ended up in California. It is important to know our history. And yet, now American is doing the same thing to the Middle East. My history teacher Mr. Collins once said, "history often repeats itself." I didn't really understand why he said that, but if you live long enough you see the patterns of human society. Maybe one day I could visit Hmongs from Australia, French Guiana, and France.

  • @deanavang
    @deanavang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How cool! I don’t know why I never came across this awesome video. Thank you for sharing! ❤️

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    • @xeemnpisyuslis2089
      @xeemnpisyuslis2089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are a few news by French TVs over the year (kinda bias) and I believe this is the second by BBC. As Hmong American, I took my family down there and work for three years there. Living with this family. Yawm Txiv Txoos Foom Muas...

  • @tsuvtom7668
    @tsuvtom7668 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hmong people can landscape mountains and forests with their bare hands. I can almost guarantee that we Hmong were the first to cultivate and domesticate rice.

  • @toujours405
    @toujours405 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow. I have family on my mom's side who ended up in French Guiana. I only ever heard about it when I was little so I thought it was located in Canada like Quebec. Did not realize how similar their livelihoods were to Laos and the type of environment they were in til just now. I hope they can reconnect with their families that were displaced bc of the wars and genocides that took place.

  • @blanklane415
    @blanklane415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Colonized again.
    You don’t understand, family is life for the Hmong.
    Living here without the entire family, entire clan, without other Hmong is a prison.
    The Hmong will succeed and survive because they have to.

    • @maximeschmitt2094
      @maximeschmitt2094 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What the F are you saying? The refugees that were brought to French Guiana were families composed of the 3 generations!! The French government did much more for them than the US government!
      Also, your comment about colonialism is HILARIOUS since you wrote in English, the language of both the most colonialist 🇬🇧 and imperialistic 🇺🇸 countries in the world 😅

  • @tiennguyensi4776
    @tiennguyensi4776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love them! They must going too long distance. I has understand. Need freedom!

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  • @toulee2413
    @toulee2413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hmong is an ethnic group that can adapt and survive in any country.

  • @sornprapasaisanit6529
    @sornprapasaisanit6529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Better be a refugee than a civilian under communism.

  • @mizanmahmud446
    @mizanmahmud446 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interested

  • @rcsasak6454
    @rcsasak6454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Almost new year wish them good luck and good health respect ✊

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  • @hmoob1suab542
    @hmoob1suab542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good jobs ..hard works..it shows.. congratulations!...Hmong in the French Guiana.

  • @sagewoot
    @sagewoot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great watch but the translation is terrible.

  • @thaolee9171
    @thaolee9171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Translation is off

  • @vangthao4624
    @vangthao4624 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good documentary, but the elder Hmong gentleman's subtitles are not accurate. The video cuts him off mid-sentence several times. I will caption if enough interest. Marc Del Grande made some very good statements. Thank you for the documentary BBC.

  • @ferocityapricity5521
    @ferocityapricity5521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hmong love from US to my Hmong family out there 💛

  • @hmongsiabzoo
    @hmongsiabzoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would love to visit them someday.

  • @erick5974
    @erick5974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m truly blessed to be Hmong

  • @Einjelin
    @Einjelin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    cool story :-)

  • @GaasubaMeskhenet
    @GaasubaMeskhenet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everyone gets a plate before anyone gets seconds but globally and also for housing

  • @geoffreycharles6330
    @geoffreycharles6330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How is it ok that they cut down the forest?

    • @flopshow2133
      @flopshow2133 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😢😢

    • @MrChintaro
      @MrChintaro 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      'Ello 'ello 'ello. What's all this then? Seems like you've had too much to think.

    • @niamtxiv
      @niamtxiv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your house is made of trees? You going to live outside?

    • @jameshowlett6078
      @jameshowlett6078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you throw away all your clothes, give up all transportation and walk everywhere, and sleep outside then yes you have a point.

  • @mz12341
    @mz12341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *বাংলাদেশের সাধারন জনগনের জান এবং মালের নিরপত্তার জন্য লক্ষ লক্ষ টাকা দামি গনপরিবহন গুলোতে সামান্য খরচের কিছু সিসি টিভি ক্যামেরা চাই । দয়া করে সবাই নিজ দায়ীত্ব থেকে আওয়াজ তোলেন যেন মাননীয় প্রধান মন্ত্রীর কাছে দাবিটা দ্রুত পৈছায়।* ❤️🇧🇩❤️ দয়া করে দেশ ও দেশের মানুষের জন্য এই বিষয়টা নিয়ে ভিডিও করবেন।আমরা ও দেশ আপনার কাছে কৃতজ্ঞ থাকবো

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  • @jonathanmoua8543
    @jonathanmoua8543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The elders will almost be missing their old country, no matter how much better the current living conditions are. We are people of the mountain.

  • @cashcash5995
    @cashcash5995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The biggest mistake that we have made : we fought for the colonizer instead of fighting for the mother land and independence .

    • @niamtxiv
      @niamtxiv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not a mistake. The chaos allowed our people to scatter around the world and to participate in the world stage.

    • @niamtxiv
      @niamtxiv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also, the Hmong did fight for the mother land. It was the last Laotian King that supported the Hmong. Duh

  • @DY-ke1di
    @DY-ke1di 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    my people, when I succeed, will promise to serve you all one day

  • @ItsaMeGo
    @ItsaMeGo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Informative video but horrible Hmong translation, it often omits critical details the Hmong speakers are saying and often times completely misrepresents their words and intentions entirely

  • @monkeyemily6948
    @monkeyemily6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    how Hard they struggle !

  • @448cv
    @448cv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The translation is so off!

  • @HaibTshajHaib
    @HaibTshajHaib 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @cyyg7487
    @cyyg7487 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video BBC
    but the translation needs much improvement.

  • @thelucky86
    @thelucky86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Quote of the DAY
    Waking up early is one of the most effective lifestyle change you could ever make

    • @iamproudtobeamuslim7329
      @iamproudtobeamuslim7329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤🤍🖤💚💙💜🌻🌹🥀🌺🥭🌴🍁💐PLEASE READ MY COMMENT ⬇️ YEH DEY KHEN ALLAH KON HAI THE FINAL TESTAMENT HOLY QURAN SURAT NUMBER .112
      بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ
      Meaning ➡️In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
      Ayat( 1) قُلۡ ہُوَ اللّٰہُ اَحَدٌ ۚ﴿۱﴾
      Meaning ➡️Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One,
      AYAT (2)اَللّٰہُ الصَّمَدُ ۚ﴿۲﴾
      Meaning ➡️Allah , the Eternal Refuge.
      Ayat (3)لَمۡ یَلِدۡ ۬ ۙ وَ لَمۡ یُوۡلَدۡ ۙ﴿۳ ﴾
      Meaning ➡️ He neither begets nor is born,
      Ayat (4)وَ لَمۡ یَکُنۡ لَّہٗ کُفُوًا اَحَدٌ ٪﴿۴﴾
      Meaning ➡️Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
      ALLAH . YAHOVA. GOD .MALIK BAGWAN SAME HAIN ONLY ONE SAB KA MALIK EK HAI 😍😘🤗🌻☪️☪️💐❤🙏🏻ty

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  • @nobueno5454
    @nobueno5454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hmong people in the comments: I'm Hmong Too !!!

  • @emiliobello2538
    @emiliobello2538 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love seeing this

  • @california199_7
    @california199_7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It’s sad that they Hmong are not be accepted for France citizens and are denied.

    • @Desi365
      @Desi365 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Denied what ?
      And why "not accepted" ? They have started from scratch and seized the opportunity, they are prosperous, now.
      I really don't get your criticism

    • @maximeschmitt2094
      @maximeschmitt2094 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How does it feel to post such a LIE! Those Hmongs are French citizens! You Unitedstatians are p'ath'eti'c

  • @DUDEfreestyle
    @DUDEfreestyle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for sharing this video with the world. I am proud to see that the Hmoob culture is being documented and put on for the world to learn about.

  • @boonmeevang8610
    @boonmeevang8610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too sad to see this

  • @morher6555
    @morher6555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who ever intemperate this is wrong hope u know

    • @PyanY
      @PyanY 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

  • @savin99
    @savin99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Off topic
    BBC WHY ARE YOU PUSHING A RACIAL AGANDA!
    IF YOU GO YOUR WEBSITE ITS ALL ABOUT BLACK CULTURE!
    I am not a racist but you are making everything worse .

  • @jimcourt9164
    @jimcourt9164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    2021. The year the BBC ends.

  • @lewis123417
    @lewis123417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Can see where the Christmas programming budget went. Sending journalists on jollys

  • @nishasingh
    @nishasingh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Random who's reading,, may your 🤰mom,,🤵dad live more than 100 Year's​,, with good health,

    • @Pixsword
      @Pixsword 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U2

    • @iamproudtobeamuslim7329
      @iamproudtobeamuslim7329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤🤍🖤💚💙💜🌻🌹🥀🌺🥭🌴🍁💐PLEASE READ MY COMMENT ⬇️ YEH DEY KHEN ALLAH KON HAI THE FINAL TESTAMENT HOLY QURAN SURAT NUMBER .112
      بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ
      Meaning ➡️In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
      Ayat( 1) قُلۡ ہُوَ اللّٰہُ اَحَدٌ ۚ﴿۱﴾
      Meaning ➡️Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One,
      AYAT (2)اَللّٰہُ الصَّمَدُ ۚ﴿۲﴾
      Meaning ➡️Allah , the Eternal Refuge.
      Ayat (3)لَمۡ یَلِدۡ ۬ ۙ وَ لَمۡ یُوۡلَدۡ ۙ﴿۳ ﴾
      Meaning ➡️ He neither begets nor is born,
      Ayat (4)وَ لَمۡ یَکُنۡ لَّہٗ کُفُوًا اَحَدٌ ٪﴿۴﴾
      Meaning ➡️Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
      ALLAH . YAHOVA. GOD .MALIK BAGWAN SAME HAIN ONLY ONE SAB KA MALIK EK HAI 😍😘🤗🌻☪️☪️💐❤🙏🏻

    • @iamproudtobeamuslim7329
      @iamproudtobeamuslim7329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤🤍🖤💚💙💜🌻🌹🥀🌺🥭🌴🍁💐PLEASE READ MY COMMENT ⬇️ YEH DEY KHEN ALLAH KON HAI THE FINAL TESTAMENT HOLY QURAN SURAT NUMBER .112
      بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ
      Meaning ➡️In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
      Ayat( 1) قُلۡ ہُوَ اللّٰہُ اَحَدٌ ۚ﴿۱﴾
      Meaning ➡️Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One,
      AYAT (2)اَللّٰہُ الصَّمَدُ ۚ﴿۲﴾
      Meaning ➡️Allah , the Eternal Refuge.
      Ayat (3)لَمۡ یَلِدۡ ۬ ۙ وَ لَمۡ یُوۡلَدۡ ۙ﴿۳ ﴾
      Meaning ➡️ He neither begets nor is born,
      Ayat (4)وَ لَمۡ یَکُنۡ لَّہٗ کُفُوًا اَحَدٌ ٪﴿۴﴾
      Meaning ➡️Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
      ALLAH . YAHOVA. GOD .MALIK BAGWAN SAME HAIN ONLY ONE SAB KA MALIK EK HAI 😍😘🤗🌻☪️☪️💐❤🙏🏻☪️☪️☪️

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    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My mom is dead

  • @enticingmay435
    @enticingmay435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Honestly who can blame them for not wanting to mix with those ghetto looking people living in the city. They live in their own community in safety and unity powered by hard work, why would they want to interact with the rest of the population that were and probably still are hostile towards them. The Hmongs and those other groups share and work in the same land, under the same French system with the same type of opportunities yet the Hmongs are successful and those groups are not so it really is true that some cultures are better than others. They blame everything on France without taking a look back at themselves at their own culture, society and work ethics.

    • @SirStylez99
      @SirStylez99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      generations of slavery would fvck up you culture, society and family structure too.

  • @user-zy2mp6em1x
    @user-zy2mp6em1x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love ur video from Kaavan lonelinest elephant in the world🥰🥰🐘🐘🇰🇭🙏

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  • @AMCApes
    @AMCApes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Frozen in time 1975, world changes but you live in the past.