Pa Koua Vang

Pa Koua Vang is a respected cultural and spiritual leader in the Hmong community, formerly in Providence, Rhode Island and now in Woodbury, Minnesota. He taught Peter Xiong elements of the Hmong wedding ritual from 1999-2000, as part of CCHAP’s Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. Music, in the form of both singing and playing traditional instruments, is an important part of the ceremonies, and Pa Koua Vang is skilled in these Hmong art forms.