What Is Hmong Paj Ntaub and How Did War Change It? | Worn Within

What is Hmong paj ntaub? And how did the Vietnam War change Hmong clothing? In this first episode of Worn Within, host Susan interviews her mother about her fleeing to Thailand as a child, the importance of Hmong clothing, and the tradition of paj ntaub, or Hmong cross stitch, in the diaspora.
From the craft, to the textile, to finishing touches, and even to the customs that come with it, our traditional clothing reflects our cultural identity. Worn Within explores the stories and people behind traditional clothing.
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[@tongthao7268]

Thanks for this video. It is one of the videos that I use to teach my high school HMong language classes students about HMong clothes. Keep up the great work! Thank you! PS, your mom's story makes me cry every time I watch it.

[@adrialvarado9753]

Dang , your moms story made me cry😢 I’m sorry that happened to her family 😢❤

[@AsianAmericanGuy]

I'm sorry to hear about your mother side of the story it's very sad to hear these being told by elders. My mother also lost her mother and father during the start of the war and was adopted before the refuge times in thailand, her adopted familu came here first then got my mother into america and my dad's parents didn't get to come to america until recently but now we are all fully grown adults that arrived in usa in 1991.

[@scs91]

Thanks for sharing your story! Truly heartbreaking to hear the struggles and pain that the hmong people (any all communities in general) went through but also so powerful to see them overcome too. 💓💓

[@jenniferarndt-johns1807]

What a beautiful project. Thank you for creating such an interesting educational piece to help teach us about Paj Ntaub.

[@hmongCAM]

I love how you educate your audience about the history of our Hmong Paj Ntaub. I just subscribed!!

[@generic234username]

Beautifully done, thank you!

[@chrislane2829]

ขอบคุณที่เผยแพร่คนม้🙏🙏

[@iowesa]

Looking forward to this series!!!

[@snowwhite5405]

This series is awesome.

[@user-rr1kb9hy6p]

There is a wrong translation in the video. The boat didn't flip over on its own. It was deliberately tipped over.

[@carrolltee5906]

beauty

[@sileighty85]

An amazing video. Sadly that most of the younger generations in the western world aren't interested in learning how to sew.

[@clp480]

Dang that's so sad she saw her whole family drown in front of her 😫

[@KevinVang1000]

Paj Ntaub originated from Chu Dynasty. We must thank the Queen of Hmong who saved us from Emperor Qin Shi Huang/Huab Tais Tsheej Swv Huam.
He's a monster and an Adolf Hitler to the Hmong community for ethnic cleansing, burning our history and knowledge, killing our scholars, stealing the Rice Culture and the Phoenix, and forcing our Queen to marry him. She saved us by putting these clothes on to protect the writing and the embroidery so that it won't be forgotten.