Has any one noted that the Beijing Olympic cauldron has Hmong paj
ntaub design on it!!

It looks real cool...

drp

you mean this thing: http://gr.china-embassy.org/eng/xwdt/W020080128602406889134.jpg
????

koj hais txog lub "qwj" lov?

i always wondered about lub qwj myself. in fact, it is in most, if not
all, cultures in their art and/or science.

here is a book that i have read about,
http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Ratio-Worlds-Astonishing-Number/dp/0767908155.

here is public information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio.
look for logarithmic spiral or fibonacci spiral.

ib tug laus qhia kuv tias, "lub qwj no yog hais tias lub qauv
(original)" that's the symbology of lub qwj. tseem hnov ib co hmoob
hais hais tias lub qwj no yog "hmoob" vim tias hmoob yog haiv neeg qub
pug thauv.

any ideas to share would be interesting.......

cheers.

raws li kuv saib hnub opening ceremony, suav tso tag nrho cov neeg
minority hnav tsoos tsho tuaj show, tus ntxhais tuav tus chij (flag)
suav ua ntej tshaj yog ntxhais hmoob. nws hnav ris tsho hmoob, coj
xauv hmoob thiab ntoov hauv phuam hmoob nrog ib co nyiaj. nws tseem
yog tus tuav tus chij ua ntej tag nrho cov.

On Aug 19, 5:58 pm, DownUnder dex.hmoob.net> wrote:

While it does look real cool, and it does very much resemble the Hmong
paj ntaub symbol for qwj... I think they are actually potraying water
or waves in this instance. Water was a recurring theme during the
opening ceremony, and makes much more sense than a flock of snails.
Sure, it is a nice coincidence that a symbol they use in a piece of
art happens to resemble a symbol we use, but it is a stretch to call
it our own. It's like khejdub ppl claiming yexus is black. Right...

On Aug 20, 11:19 am, Mogee hotmail.com> wrote:

Nej tsis txhob vwm vwm, hmoob copy ntau yam los ntawm suav los, txawn
yog muaj qes yam ua zoo yuav laug sib thooj los tej nos yeej yog suav
lis tus, vim peb twb tsis muaj tebchaw ces muab xam tias peb tsis muaj
feem.