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Popularizing the Hmong Qeej Musical Instrument through YouTube

Posted 21 December 2013 10:49 GMT

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.

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