| Title: |
Mai Lee/Ger Vang/Vue
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Southeast Asian History: Hmong
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| Description: |
Wife and husband, Mai Lee Vang and Ger Vue, are community artists and leaders. Vang is a nationally known master singer; and her husband is also an accomplished singer. Both were born in the northern province of Xieng Khoung in Laos. He had three years of schooling until 1975, but she had none. Both their families left their farms and survived in the jungle for a number of years during the war. They met as teens in a Thai refugee camp and immigrated together.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Vue, Ger
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Xiangkhoang province, Laos; Xiangkhoang, Laos; Laos; Asia
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| Speaker race: |
Asian
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| Speaker occupation: |
Singer
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Europe; France; Laos; North America; United States; Xiangkhoang province, Laos; Xiangkhoang, Laos
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Arts, Hmong; Asia; Europe; Folk songs, Hmong; France; Hmong (Asian people)--California; Hmong (Asian people)--Long Beach (Calif.); Hmong Americans; Laos; North America; Oral history; Short stories, Hmong; Songs, Hmong; United States; Xiangkhoang province, Laos; Xiangkhoang, Laos
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035309-38878
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