After a ten year hiatus, I finally made my way back to the Hmong 4th of July Festival and I have to say that not much has changed, but I think thats a good thing. Although we had to battle the crowds and the heat, the adventure was worth it. I decided that this year [...]
The panoramic view from the upslope hill filled with food vendors overlooking the full field were amassed with a masking of something similar to the expanse of miniatures on a faux battlefield.
The main events included the ever popular soccer tournament, volleyball, and the greatest Hmong Flag Football tournament in the nation. These events are held esteemed as the international cups of all Hmong tournaments around the world, and this tournament is the biggest of its kind.
While the youth of the Hmong has trended towards the infectious fad of Hmong Flag Football, on the other side of the spectrum the old are hard to tamper with and old school in their habitual ways of keeping to the original of all the other featured sports, soccer.
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