Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, I though they might be Hmong. There is actually a number of scattered Hmong communities in CA and other states. They were helping the US during the Vietnam War. Some promises were made and kept but some are broken. They get fairly badly mistreated in Indochina because of that. At 03:45 PM 6/16/2005, Jim Laurel wrote: >... >These images were taken during a trip my wife, Karin, and I made to Guizhou >province in the Southeast of China this April/May. Most of the people in >the photos are from an ethnic minority called the "Hmong", who can be found >in North Vietnam, Northern Burma, in addition to Southern China. The Han >Chinese often call them "Miao", which some consider to be a derogatory term. >This shot was taken in a Hmong market in North Vietnam: >... // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)