Re: How is Lauj Kiab Toom importance to the Hmong people?

after qian jia rebellion in 1795 thousand of hmong fled to dong van in
vietnam. in 1805-06 paj txhim, blia yob's father organized a team led
by khwb vwj to laos to look for a new place to settle. they landed
and settled in nong het, laos. pas txim was in fact an unofficial and
only a clan kia toom back in vietnam and still retained his title when
arrived in laos. later in laos paj txim was murdered. because his
oldest son, npliaj yob was still only boy, his title was passed to his
uncle, txhiaj xwm lauj.

of course, before 1896 when the first official kia toom, tooj ntxawg
muas appionted was by the french, there were many countless kia toom
vang, yang, lee, lor etc.., but these are just clan kiab toom. tooj
ntxawg, npliaj yob and thereafter were the ones who appointed by the
french to governed the hmong and collected tax from the hmong for the
french. at that time the title was considered broarder, but later was
replaced by toj xeem system.

don't you young elite get me wrong. i only tell what i know. if you
think you know more and better, please do share.
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