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A tin basket filled with eggrolls.

“Even though we’re born here, we still grew up in a very immigrant, ethnic kind of culture. So we’re still aware,” Pheng Yang said. “But as we continue into the future, we may and probably already are losing a little bit of our cultural touch. One of our missions is to preserve the Hmong culture.” Yehyun Kim / CT Mirror