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.Hmong music is an important part of the culture of the Hmong people an ethnic group from southeast Asia. Because the Hmong language is tonal there is a close connection between Hmong music and the spoken language. Music is an important part of Hmong life played for entertainment for welcoming guests and at weddings and funerals. Hmong musical instruments includes flutes such as the dra leaves also called nblaw and the qeej or gaeng a type of mouth organ.