Voices of the Valley: Meet Chue Thao
From: Laos, Current City: Eau Claire
When I was 10 years old, my dad went to the city, Sainyabuli in Laos. He bought me some makeup to wear for New Year’s, but I had never used it before so I didn’t know how to use it. But I was very happy that he bought it for me. Because we lived in the mountains, we didn’t have a store or big mall to shop at. Then my dad helped me put the makeup on my face. My mom and my dad gave me a traditional Hmong dress.
They helped me put on the hat, white dress, and all the pieces. I felt like I was a princess to my parents. They were happy that I was more beautiful than my friends. My friends didn’t have new clothes to wear for New Year’s, but my parents shared some Hmong clothes with them.
I was happy that my grandmother, my mom’s mom in the U.S., sent all Hmong traditional dresses, which came from the U.S.A. That’s why I got a lot of Hmong clothes. I was the most beautiful that year. Everyone came to watch me and said, “Wow she’s beautiful.” They wanted me to be the wife of the village owner’s son.
Four years later when I was old enough to get married, I was very nervous that year. But my family moved to the city, in Sainyabuli. My parents said it’s good to move because I didn’t like the person who wanted to marry me.
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