Culture of Laos

My group is called The Mix and my fellow group members are: Tatiana Hurtado, Laura Espinoza, Kenneth Mous, Anthony Porter, and Jose Gonzalez. For our cultural experience project, my group meet five times through the span of two months. Throughout these various group meetings we all contributed our ideas and energy in order to successfully complete our project, but some more than others. We agreed to choose Laos culture to base our project on because Tatiana’s boyfriend was Laos, which gave us easier access to learn about Laos culture. Tatiana also knew of an event we could attend as well. So thanks to her, choosing a culture and attending a cultural event was easier than expected. Our first meeting where we discussed our project was held…

Hmong come from China and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are one of the sub-groups of the Miao. “Oral tradition and evidence from archives and archaeological finds suggest that Hmong people originated near the Yellow and Yangtze rivers in China.” (“Minnesota Historical Society”). For several thousand years, the Hmong people struggled to gain independence as Imperial China suppressed uprisings. For many centuries, the Hmong lived in remote areas of China and retained unique culture…

My Cultural Group and Family History Hmong soldiers help fought in the secret war against the Pathet Lao after being recruited by the United States CIA. Thus, after the United States withdrew from the war, thousands of Hmong were killed by the Pathet Lao or were forced to abandon their homes, lands, and livestock in Laos and fled to the refugee camps in Thailand. Ultimately, this resulted in the immigration of Hmong settling down in the United States in the late 1970s through 2007 in waves.…

The Hmong had a folktale, that expressed how they became mountain dwellers. For a multitude of years they lived high in the mountains, where they were very independent and maintained very little contact with those who lived in the plains. They had this belief that it would make them sick. As mentioned by Yoost and Crawford (2017) culture is symbolic in many ways; signs, sounds, clothing, tools customs, rituals, and other items were able to represent meaningful concepts to people (p.395). The…

Since 1975 the Hmong have experienced and accomplished many milestones in the United States. Previously in Laos there was a secret war which was a part of the Vietnam War and the Cold War. This secret war was the reason that about half of the Hmong of Laos became refugees and resettled in the United States of America. “Many Hmong who had formerly been allies of the Unite States and supporters of the Royal Lao Government become targets of postwar mistrust, retaliation, and retribution by the…

migrate from China in the 18th century due to political unrest and to escape Chinese threats. Dr. Baird’s main geographical area of interest is mainland Southeast Asia, specifically Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. Having lived and studied in Thailand, Dr. Baird has pursued research on these indigenous peoples in Asia and their relation to the Communist Party of Thailand. He has received a fellowship award for his research in the Humanities and has published many books and other forms of literature…

We see the first chapter of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien to be the foundation for the rest of the novel, with exquisite descriptions of everyone and everything, to the foreshadowing and symbolism that embodies each character and “what they carry”. O’Brien offers us basic descriptions of what each member of Alpha Company carries that is described as “largely determined by necessity” (2). Some would carry knives, extra rations and what seemed like an overkill of supplies, while others…

Everyone deals with certain types of situations in his or her own way. A person’s emotions and actions could also affect how he or she deals with their problems. In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien explains how the soldier’s emotions get the best of a person. Someone could also deal with their problems in a negative way. They could deal with their issues without help, which might make the situation even worse and may cause bigger problems. Someone might not know how to deal with a situation…

From 1955 to 1975, American soldiers were fighting a war in Vietnam. During this time Marine Lieutenant Philip Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Months later, having served on the line in one of history’s ugliest wars, he returned home. Physically whole but emotionally impacted, his adolescent beliefs forever gone. In his book, A Rumor Of War, Philip Caputo offers an insightful analysis regarding the psychological damages a soldier faces post-war.…

Composition II Essay Outline “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, is short story is about the soldiers during The Vietnam war and their struggles to maintain their lives. The author talks about how that their mental burdens they carry outweigh the physical burdens that those in war must carry. (O’Brien 1-12). In the story the narrator states, "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own…