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The Black Hmong are famed artisans even amongst talented textile makers as rich and diverse as those found throughout Vietnam. Men and women wear rich silk hemmed hemp jackets dyed deep blue with natural indigo. Silk details are used to adorn the sleeves and a great deal of symbology is used to tell stories via textiles. Hmong Textile Art consists of traditional hand-spun hemp cloth making and a unique form of embroidery known as flower cloth or Paj Ntaub. The Hmong women of Vietnam decorate the