The Hmong community of Anchorage, Alaska is concern that there will be no establishment of a Hmong New Year celebration this year in December. Upon receiving this information, the Hmong families and their children are at loss of words.

Each year, parents prepare the traditional costumes for their children. The children are educated through folk legions and are taught to cultivate the cultural values and briefs behind the celebration of the Hmong New Year by their parents, elders and leaders. As the year 2018 comes to rest, the new year 2019 opens doors to new opportunities, new changes and new purposes.  In efforts to receive the New Year, the families prepare to receive blessings of good health and harmony through the ceremonial blessings during the Hmong New Year celebration that is held at the end of the twelfth lunar calendar month. Our elders prepare the communication ceremonial gifts to offer to our ancestors, this traditional offering is an exchange of promises to one another.

Celebrating the New Year is an important communal and social event. Our purpose of coming together as a whole community is to embrace the rich traditions of our ethnic group, our traditional clothes, and the upkeep of our beautiful language. Hence more, the extraordinary music, the dance, the courtship ball tossing, the food, the story telling of our history and survival, as well as visiting friends and families are all essence of a community United as one. It is vital and so very important that we do not lose our heritage, our tradition and ourselves.

Please take this opportunity to support our efforts as we will do our very best to communicate to our local government for assistances, and directions on making sure that we do not fail to celebrate the upcoming New Year. Please sign this petition for a great cause. Thank You!