HMONG ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH, INC
A Non-Profit Mutual Assistance Organization
PO Box 6478. Long Beach, CA 90806
EIN 95-3726446, CT 47580, DUNS 07967-1009

Dancer and Drummer

Qeej Not Gangs
Cultural Arts Program

For ten years, volunteers have provided our youth with a safe, challenging, and nurturing place to learn Hmong traditional arts. The goals are inspiring creativity, building skills, developing pride in cultural heritage, creating future master artists, deepening respect for elders, and promoting discipline to succeed in life endeavors. Our program provides positive activities for our young people to keep them out of trouble, out of gangs.

Founded in 1998, the school runs from
9 AM to 3PM at Homeland Culture Center, MacArthur Park, 1321 E. Anaheim St., part of Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine.

We provide multiple classes for young people and adults taught by master artists. We offer:
• Qeej, the six-reed flute. Qeej music tells the history of the Hmong.
• Drumming
• Dancing
• Mekong, rituals and songs of marriage negotiations
• Cheexai, song chanting accompanying the Qeej in funerals.
• Pan dau, intricate appliqué and embroidery needle work
• Hmong language literacy

Pan Dau

Qeej