ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO)-- The Qeej Festival in St. Paul on Sunday celebrated a musical instrument that's one of the most recognized symbols of the Hmong people. The day-long showcase highlighted every ...

Mason Lospeej Her shares stories through the qeej, a Hmong instrument. Milwaukee graduate student Mason Lospeej Her maintains Hmong cultural traditions by performing the qeej, a woodwind instrument ...

The second annual Qeej and Hmong Arts Festival, which organizers say is the country’s only event of its kind dedicated to the traditional pipe instrument, is coming to downtown St. Paul next month.

A bamboo wind instrument known as the Qeej doesn’t usually come to mind when a playbill calls for classical music, but the ancient Hmong reed pipe will figure prominently in a free concert this ...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Jason Yang initially needed some prompting before agreeing to take qeej lessons. The 17-year-old North High School student began learning the traditional Hmong reed instrument made ...

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Catherine Falk studied how Chinese and Laotian Hmong diaspora groups maximized the YouTube to preserve and popularize their culture, in particular the playing of qeej, an iconic Hmong reed mouth organ ...

Tony Yang has been in the United States for 20 years, but one morning last week he was transported back to his native Laos. The sun was just up and his grandparents were out feeding the chickens, the ...

The hands of Jason Yang cover various holes in the qeej during rehearsal at the Hmong Cultural Center in Sheboygan, Wis. SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Jason Yang initially needed some prompting before agreeing to ...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - Jason Yang initially needed some prompting before agreeing to take qeej lessons. The 17-year-old North High School student began learning the traditional Hmong reed instrument ...