Program: Hmong New Year at St. Michael Church, 2008
Date2008
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
DescriptionProgram for Hmong New Year, 2008, held at St. Michael Church in Providence, Rhode Island.
Object number2015.196.49.3
CopyrightIn Copyright
NotesSubject Note: Hmong New Year, Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab, is the Hmong community’s most important annual festival. The New Year festival, always held late in the year, includes the ball toss, a game between young people that is a courtship ritual; a fashion show of different tribal costumes; a cultural presentation of dance and song; and a community-prepared feast with traditional foods. The spiritual connotation of the festival is for thanksgiving and new beginnings, and to honor ancestors. Hmong participants wear traditional dress, make speeches, and sing songs appropriate to the celebration. New Year also serves as a reminder and practice of traditions, as well as a gathering of cultural and social leaders.Subject Note: The Providence, Rhode Island Hmong community held its New Year celebration at St. Michael Church in 2008. This program was collected by CCHAP.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
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Kavitha Vijayasekar
2008 June 21
1962 March 17 & 23-24
1999 April 3
