世界之旅:苗族女孩,老撾

【英文原文】

Hmong Girls, Laos, 1974
"With little to cling to except each other, Hmong girls reflect the uncertainty of a people driven from their homes in the protracted war for Laos. The Hmong were forced to flee their mountain villages and to take sides in the conflict. Crack Hmong guerillas became the undeclared muscle behind U.S. foreign policy in this Southeast Asian nation. Now, a precarious peace has come with the 1973 cease-fire, and the Hmong, driven out of their hilltop isolation, find themselves thrust into the mainstream of Laotian life."

—From “The Hmong of Laos—No Place to Run,” January 1974, National Geographic magazine

【中文翻譯】

苗族女孩們除了彼此之外沒有什麼可以依靠了，她們反映了一個民族的不確定性。在對老撾的持久戰中，他們被從他們的家園驅逐出來。苗族被迫逃離他們的山村，偏袒戰爭的某一方。擊垮洪族游擊隊成了美國在東南亞國家的外交政策中未公開的目標。現在，1973的休戰帶來了不穩定的和平，而被從與外界隔離的山頂驅趕出來的苗族發現他們被推進了老撾的主流生活。

作者： Wilbur E. Garrett 來源：《國家地理》雜誌