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Dimensions

60 1/2 in H x 61 1/4 in W

Description

This Hmong story cloth consists of a few Hmong folklore stories. The stories are embroidered onto the brown fabric. The characters in the stories are wearing Hmong White clothing. There are English dialogue narrating the stories in the cloth.

Inscription:
MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS A KING HE HAD SEVEN DAUGHTERS

ONE DAY HE SAY TO THEM GO FIND HUSBAND FOR YOUR SELVES. BUT HIS DAUGHTERS WON'T GO. THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SAID YES, FATHER I WILL GO." SO SHE GO TO MARRIED YAO THE ORPHAN WHO VERY POOR. FINALLY THEY HAD A GOOD LIFE.

NGAO NJUA AND SHEE NA THEY WE'RE THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN CAME INTO THE WORLD.

NGAO NJUA WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD WHO VERY POLITE. SHEE NA WAS A CLEVER HUSBAND HE PUT ON ANIMALS-SKIN SUIT WITH HIS REGULAR CLOTHES OVER IT. THEN HE TALKING HIS KHENG SET OUT TO FIND NGAO NJUA.

AFTER THAT NGAO NJUA AND SHEE NA CAME MADE THE POTS AND THE LARGE JARE. THEY MADE ITS IN XIENGKHOUANG PROVINCE ON THE PLAIN OF JARS IN NORTHERN LAOS.

MANY YEARS AGO THE PLANTS ANIMALS AND PEOPLE ..... TALK AND WALK WITH EACH OTHER. THE WILD PLANTS WAS STRONGEST SO SOON THEY .... TO FIGHT YOUNG CORN AND RICE PLANTS THEY PUNCHES, HIT AND CHOKED THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS. 

LONG AGO THE RICE AND CORN GREW ALL .... AFTER MANY DAYS WHEN THEIR HEADS WERE FULL OF GRAINS THEY WENT TO THE FARMER'S HOUSE AS THEY HAD PROMISED.

THE YOUNG RICES

THE YOUNG CORN CAME TO VISIT THE FARMER'S HOUSE.

CORN ....

THE SWEET POTATO.

THE SWEET POTATO CAME INTO THE FARMER'S HOUSE

MANY YEARS AGO A TIGER KILLED A MAN AND HIS FAMILY

A

A MAN KILLED A GIBBON OVER THE TREE BUT A TIGER SAW THE MAN.

B

THE TIGER KILLED THE MAN AND ATE HIM

C

HE PUT ON THE MAN'S CLOTHES. HE TOOK MAN'S GUN AND HE TOOK THE GIBBON OVER HIS BACK HE SAID I'M A MAN.

D

SO THE TIGER WENT TO THE MAN'S HOUSE AND THE MAN'S FAMILY CAME TO WAIT HIM. HE SAID TO MAN'S WIFE I'M YOUR HUSBANDS.

E

HE CAME IN THE HOUSE AND SIT DOWN HE COOK THE GIBBON TO EAT.

F

THE WIFE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A TIGER BUT HER LITTLE SISTER YER SAID THIS ISN'T A MAN THIS IS A TIGER.

G

SO HER LITTLE SISTER HID UPSTAIRS HER NAME WAS YER

H

THAT NIGHT THE TIGER ATE THE WIFE AND HE ATE ALL THE CHILDREN CRUNCH! CRUNCH!

I

YER HEARD THE CRUNCH! CRUNCH! SHE WAS SCARED.

J

THE NEXT MORNING THE TIGER SAID COME DOWN BUT YER WAS AFRAID SHE DIDN'T COME DOWN AND SHE THREW THE CHILLI- PEPPER INTO THE TIGER'S EYES.

K

O-O-OW! VERY HOT AND VERY HOT! "THE TIGER SAID" HE RAN TO THE RIVER AND WASHED HIS EYES

L

YER COME DOWN THE LADDER QUICKLY SHE GOT SOME CHILLI- PEPPER AND SOME SALT THEN SHE WENT BACK UP THE LADDER.

YER'S BOWL OF PEPPER.

M

YER SAW A BIRD SHE SAID TO THE BIRD. GO TO MY FAMILY TELL THEM, A TIGER ATE MY BROTHER IN- LAW. HE ATE MY SISTER AND HE ATE THEIR CHILDREN. TELL MY FAMILY TO COME NOW!

N

SO THE BIRD WENT.

O

THEN THE TIGER CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE HE SAID TO YER, COME DOWN! BUT SHE THREW THE SALT AND CHILLI- PEPPER INTO HIS EYES

P

THE TIGER SAID O-O-OW! VERY- VERY HOT! AND HE RAN TO THE RIVER AGAIN

Q

YER'S FAMILY CAME "WHERE'S THE TIGER" THEY ASKED "HE'S DOWN AT THE RIVER" ANSWERED YER. "I'LL CALL HIM."

R

"TIGER! TIGER!" YER CALLED MY FAMILY IS HERE. THEY WENT TO TALK WITH YOU I WILL BE YOUR WIFE.

S

VERY GOOD! THE TIGER ANSWERED. HE CAME TO THE HOUSE AND TALKED WITH THEM.

T

BUT SOME OF YER'S BROTHERS WENT OUTSIDE THEY DUG A HOLE IN THE PATH. THEN THEY PUT LEAVES OVER THE HOLE.

U

DEAR TIGER, "THEY SAID" YOUR EYES HURT COME TO THE RIVER WASHED YOUR EYES."

V

WE CAN HELP YOU GO TO THE RIVER "THE BROTHERS SAID."

W

THE BROTHERS TOOK THE TIGER WALKED IN THE MIDDLE THE PATH THEN THEY TOOK HIM RAN QUICKLY AND QUICKLY.

X

ONLY THE TIGER WALKED ON THE LEAVES OVER THE HOLE HE FILL IN.

Y

SO THE BROTHERS KILLED HIM.

Z

THEN THEY TOOK YER HOME WITH THEM. THEIR VILLAGE.

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