--- title: "Hmong Traditional Wedding Highlight Video | WeddingEditor" url: https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/hmong/traditional-wedding/ last_updated: 2026-10-11 --- # A highlight of the Hmong traditional wedding at the bride's family home The Hmong traditional wedding, the tshoob, is the gathering at the bride's family home where the two families formally agree to the marriage. The groom's party arrives with its negotiators, the mej koob, who sing wedding songs and negotiate the terms, including the bride price, with the bride's family's representatives over food and drink. In many families the groom and his best man bow to the bride's parents and elders, and the day ends in a feast. To get a highlight of it, upload only this footage as its own WeddingEditor project, list the moments and people, and WeddingEditor's AI editing makes a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser. Practice varies by clan and family. The edit follows what you filmed and what you write. [Start your first wedding](https://app.weddingeditor.ai/sign-up?redirect_url=/dashboard) ## How to get a highlight of the traditional wedding 1. **Upload this day as its own project** Create a project for the traditional wedding at the bride's family home: the arrival, the songs, the negotiation, the bows and the feast. Upload every camera's files; long uncut clips are fine. The groom's family events and the reception can be separate projects. 2. **List the moments and name the people** Write the moments in order in the preference questions and describe the people: each mej koob and the side he speaks for, the best man, the bride's parents and grandparents. Choose how much of the songs and speech should be heard, and use the avoid question for anything the families want kept private. 3. **Receive and review** After payment or a plan credit, processing typically takes 24 to 72 hours, with no guaranteed turnaround. The edit is placed in your project as a 1080p MP4. You can request up to two revision rounds by email. ## Moments of the traditional wedding to list Use the families' own terms where you know them, and describe each moment plainly too. - **The arrival and the umbrella**: The groom's party, led by the mej koob with a black umbrella, arriving at the bride's family home and waiting to be invited in. - **Songs at the start**: The mej koob singing wedding songs as the ceremony opens, answered by the bride's family's representatives. - **Offerings**: The food and drink the groom's side has brought being presented to the bride's family, in many families including offerings for the household's ancestors. - **The negotiation**: The representatives at the table discussing the terms of the marriage, with rounds of drinks and, often, more songs. - **The bows**: The groom and his best man kneeling and bowing to the bride's parents and elders. - **The feast**: The shared meal that follows, with toasts and blessings for the couple, before the groom's party leaves with the bride. ## What happens at the traditional wedding, in order This is a common shape. Clans and families differ, and many Hmong American families compress or combine steps, so check the order with the family. - **1. Arrival**: The groom, his best man, the mej koob and others from his side arrive at the bride's family home, often with the bride. The mej koob commonly carries a black umbrella, and a song or a formal exchange may be needed before the party is welcomed in. - **2. Songs and offerings**: The mej koob sing wedding songs to open the ceremony. The groom's side presents food and drink, some of it for the bride's family's ancestors. - **3. Negotiation and bows**: Representatives of both families negotiate the terms of the marriage, including the bride price, often over hours, with songs and rounds of drinks. In many families the groom and best man bow repeatedly to the bride's parents and relatives. - **4. The feast and departure**: When terms are settled, the bride's family hosts a wedding feast. The couple and the groom's party then leave, and in many families the groom's family hosts its own feast as well. - **A highlight of a long day**: The traditional wedding can run for most of a day, far beyond what a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser can hold. Either one is the single edit for this project; the full record is yours to cut. - **Spoken and sung Hmong, with music in support**: Songs, negotiation and toasts can stay in the audio as your cameras captured them, with music beneath as your audio preference sets. WeddingEditor adds no subtitles. ## Parts of the traditional wedding and what to put in the preferences | Part of the day | What it looks or sounds like | Preference note | |---|---|---| | Arrival | The groom's party at the door, the umbrella, a formal greeting | "Open on the umbrella; the older mej koob in black." | | Songs | A mej koob singing, the room listening | "Keep one full verse audible." | | Offerings | Food and drink presented to the bride's family | "Brief; her father receiving them." | | Negotiation | Representatives at a table talking, drinks poured | "Two short moments, then the agreement." | | Bows | The groom and best man kneeling before the bride's elders | "Must include the bows to her grandparents." | | Feast | Long tables, toasts, both families eating together | "End on both mothers at the table." | ## What the Hmong traditional wedding is The Hmong traditional wedding is the formal gathering at which the two families agree to the marriage through their negotiators, with songs, offerings, bows to the elders and a feast. A highlight of it is a short edit made from the footage of that day, following the moments and people you list. Not the same as: It is not the welcome blessing at the groom's family home, where a chicken is circled over the couple at the door, and not a church ceremony or a reception in a hall, which many couples also hold. Each can be its own project. ## Hmong traditional wedding video questions ### Can I get a highlight of just the traditional wedding? Yes. Make a project for that day's footage alone. It returns one edit, and the reception can have a project of its own. ### How do I brief the negotiation when most of it is talk? Pick the few moments that matter, such as the opening song, a moment at the table and the agreement, and describe the speakers. A highlight shows the shape of the negotiation rather than its content. ### The families do not want money shown. How do I make sure? Write it in the avoid question, for example no close shots of money or the bride price, and the edit leaves those clips out. ### Will the wedding songs be kept? Yes. Choose More speeches and voices in the audio question and name the song or the singer you want heard. ### Can the bows to the bride's elders carry the middle of the highlight? Yes. List the bows in the moments question with each elder's name and seat, say they should carry the middle of the film, and pick Emotional & Cinematic if those bows deserve room to breathe. ### What does a traditional wedding highlight cost? One Wedding is $119 one-time for one wedding; subscribers use one credit. Up to two revision rounds by email are included. ## More for Hmong weddings - [Hmong wedding video editing](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/hmong/): The whole wedding and how to brief it - [Hmong wedding highlight](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/hmong/highlight/): About 5 minutes of the whole wedding - [Hmong wedding teaser](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/hmong/teaser/): A short widescreen piece to share first - [How revisions and delivery work](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/features/revisions-and-delivery/): Watching, downloading and sending notes - [All cultures](https://www.weddingeditor.ai/wedding-video/cultures/) ## The songs, the bows and the feast, in the order they happened Create your account, upload the traditional wedding as its own project, and name the mej koob and the elders. [Start your first wedding](https://app.weddingeditor.ai/sign-up?redirect_url=/dashboard)