Laotian refugees came together at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park to play traditional Laotian music using the khaen, a Lao mouth organ with pipes made of bamboo. The Khaen is the national instrument of Laos.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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