ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO)-- The Qeej Festival in St. Paul on Sunday celebrated a musical instrument that's one of the most recognized symbols of the Hmong people. The day-long showcase highlighted every ...

It's not a staccatic loud beat that echoes from Hmong instruments. Nor is it a subtle reserved hum. "It's haunting," said Bea Larson. "When I hear those sounds, it's like I'm also in their villages, ...

NEENAH, Wis. (WFRV) – Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is annually celebrated in May, and 2025 is special, the 50th anniversary of Hmong refugees coming to the United States.

The second annual Qeej and Hmong Arts Festival, which organizers say is the country’s only event of its kind dedicated to the traditional pipe instrument, is coming to downtown St. Paul next month.

A bamboo wind instrument known as the Qeej doesn’t usually come to mind when a playbill calls for classical music, but the ancient Hmong reed pipe will figure prominently in a free concert this ...

Holmen Middle School students experienced Hmong music, dance, fashion and cuisine as part of a cultural celebration Wednesday. More than 30 Hmong students at the school started work on the program in ...

The Hmong New Year will be celebrated Saturday, Dec. 5 at First United Methodist Church (copper-top church), 230 E. Skyline Parkway. The celebration runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a program 11 a.m. to ...

EAU CLAIRE – Forty years after the first Hmong refugees arrived in the United States with no idea how they would ever feel like a part of this strange new world, elders from Eau Claire’s largest ...

The Hmong are an ethnic group that served as U.S. allies in the CIA's "secret war" against communist forces in Laos from the early 1960s until the Vietnam War ended in 1975. After the U.S. withdrawal, ...