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Published December 08, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Hmong New Year


With a story cloth in the background, Nhia Cha Vang browses through the “Shadow War: The CIA’s Secret War in Laos” while his wife Zang Thao holds a grandchild in Duluth on Dec. 1. Vang, who doesn’t speak English, said through an interpreter that the photos were from events that he remembered. Vang has been honored with a Purple Heart Merit Award. (Photo by Naomi Yaeger)

  • With a story cloth in the background, Nhia Cha Vang browses through the “Shadow War: The CIA’s Secret War in Laos” while his wife Zang Thao holds a grandchild in Duluth on Dec. 1. Vang, who doesn’t speak English, said through an interpreter that the photos were from events that he remembered. Vang has been honored with a Purple Heart Merit Award.  (Photo by Naomi Yaeger)
  • Nhia Vang visits with Ryan Lane, a sophomore at College of St. Scholastica, at a Hmong New Year celebration in Duluth on Dec. 1.  (Photo by Naomi Yaeger)
  • Chia Yeng Vue plays the geej. (Photo by Ivy Vainio)
  • New Year revelers enjoyed traditional, and more modern, Hmong dishes. (Photo by Ivy Vainio)
  • Left to right: Lyla Vang, Irene Xiong, and Ahleah Vang celebrated the Hmong new year on Dec. 1 at First United Methodist Church.  (Photo by Ivy Vainio)
  • Nailee Lee plays the tsaag. (Photo by Ivy Vainio)
  • “Shadow War: The CIA’s Secret War in Laos” was on display at the Hmong New Year celebration. It is authored by Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison. (Photo by Naomi Yaeger)