Talk:Hmong textile art

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 11:09, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Adding new subtopic to section and other additions to existing sections.
Hello! I am adding a "Death and Religion" sub-topic under the "Paj Ntaub or Flower Cloth" section of the article since the use of Paj Ntaub for religion is mentioned in the lead but doesn't show up anywhere in the body. I am using Sally N. Peterson's dissertation titled "From the Heart and the Mind: Creating Paj Ntaub in the Context of Community" as my source. I will also be adding an image of my own showing a traditional White Hmong funeral robe.

For the "Batik" subtopic, I am adding the Hmong RPA translation for the word "batik" as well as introducing the tjanting tool used for batik (with a link to the tjanting wiki article page), and adding more about the technique used to reveal the batik design. I am using the same source that I used for the new "Death and Religion" subtopic.

In the "Gender and Paj Ntaub" subtopic, I am adding more information on how Hmong women conform to the textile traditions of their husband's family using the same source above.

In the "Symbolism and Language" subtopic, I am going to add how scholars/anthropologists have attempted to decode Paj Ntaub motifs but have not been successful due to the various existing interpretations presented by the Hmong diaspora. For this addition, I am using Simeon S. Magliveras' published article titled "Hmong Textiles, Symmetries, Perception and Culture." In this same section, I plan to build on the "codified symbolism in Paj Ntaub exist" by adding an example offered by Anthropologist Erik Cohen on the "Hmong cross motif" as well as an alternative interpretation by Magliveras on that same Paj Ntaub design. I will be adding a picture of my own showing a White Hmong woman's spirit/sailor collar showing the "Hmong cross" design.

I hope that these additions I am making will help add more cultural context to what is already provided in the article by other contributors. If there are any concerns, please let me know. Thank you! --Ayang26 (talk) 20:32, 9 May 2022 (UTC)