Chapter 2 Life Before The War By: Phoenix Jones
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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A Farming People
The Hmong made their homes out of sticks and bamboo. Their homes had no running water
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Clearing Land
Hmong farmers cleared the fields by cutting down trees and burning them. Both men and boys cleared the fields
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Planting Rice
Women and children weeded the rice, they pounded and weeded the field. Each field was weeded twice more during the summer.
Farming on a mountainside:
They wove their own baskets. They also planted fields on there mountainside.
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Everyone Must Work
Both men and women worked in the field. Nearly most of the work was done by hand. Some farmers had water buffaloes.
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Little time for school
Before the war, few Hmong children attended school. Students lived at school during the week. Children had a lot of work to do instead of going to school.
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