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04/03/2026

Jesuh nih,
“Keimah hi lamdik le biatak le nunnak ka si; keimah sinin ti dah lo cun ahohmanh Pa sin an phan kho lo…” Johan 14:6

05/18/2023

Hello Friends,
Donations for the people of Chuncung.

As I have mentioned recently, the myanmar Junta troops rampaged through Chuncung village with heavy war machineries and took control of the village for over a month. They dropped bombs and torched houses and churches at every corner, forcing the villagers to flee to the deep forest, farms, and nearby villages and towns to escape the onslaught.

A few of my colleagues and I decided to do fundraising for them under the name of “Bingbir Thirual,” and we will be cooking and selling Sabuti (one most popular Chin traditional foods) in Indianapolis, Indiana. We will also be accepting DONATIONS for those who live in different states and countries through ZELLE. 100% of all profits and donations will go towards the basic needs of the people of Chuncung and other villagers in Chinland who are still in war zones. I hope you will consider helping. 😇

03/15/2023

March 2023 :: Not hard to imagine - https://mailchi.mp/refugeelanguage/march-2023 Read an interview with Josh Van Thang, the artist we used in an upcoming storybook, set to be released later this year. Also check out the Save the Date for a new monthly class we are offering. It's all inside this month's e-newsletter.

03/15/2023

Thank you Refugee Language Project for giving me this opportunity! You have been great blessings to many of us. Your support means the world to us!

As a boy, Van Thang often sat in the cold morning air and drew on the large boulders outside his home. Using charcoal from the fire pit or vines he’d collected from the fields that had been burned for farming, he would sketch as the sun rose over his village, warming the people and the land. He started out drawing stick figures and animals he had seen on the farm, but as he grew older and more skilled, he created scenes of village life or his latest hunting expeditions. Van enjoyed seeing people stop to admire the art and try to figure out what he had drawn. Living in the mountains of Chin State in Myanmar, Van had never heard of Leonardo DaVinci, Andy Warhol or Georgia O’Keefe. There were no paintings or drawings hanging on the walls of his home, or any other homes in his village for that matter. In fact, the idea of someone working as an artist for a living was completely unheard of. That reality would not be known to Van until he was a teenager living in Malaysia, after he and his family fled as refugees to escape the military conflict in Myanmar.

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I had the honor of interviewing Van recently about the artwork he did for an upcoming storybook. You can read about his journey and desire for his art in this month's e-newsletter. Go check it out at https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?u=30bb00891f395d455740407cf&id=da42b1b0f7 and give vansarts a follow!

11/05/2022

Tawte Mangmang / Vans’arts.net

Nilin sen tang i, lo chai caan
Lohma hun chuah zawn i,
Lo lu hrawng ah leidip lak i bualh,
thlizil dai ah thlan vun i daih,
Um awk theih lo ah hnu le hmai
keh le orh ah Tawte Mangmang par,
a nai cem paoh banh i,
Upa ngakchia dang lo, t.a.w.t.e. m.a.n.g.m.a.n.g… t.a.w.t.e. m.a.n.g.m.a.n.g….

🤪🤏
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11/01/2022

Bingbir Par
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vansarts.net

Tha dih cikcek le zaangba hninghniang in chuk le cho vun kai zawn, zoh cim lo tlang cung nelrawl Bingbir Par hna nih khan kan tha bat kha chikkhat cu an kan philh ter tawn mu.

10/28/2022

Nute le Seite
Daughter of the Valley

Hi ka zul suaimi hi Print ngeih na duh ve maw? a tang link hi ka website asi lai.

https://www.vansarts.net/about-1

Hawi le sin ah rak ka thanh cio te ulaw.

10/28/2022

Paleng Celh

Gallery Ready Edition ngeih ve na duh ve maw? A tang lei link hi ka website asi lai,
https://www.vansarts.net/about-1

10/28/2022

Ka website ka on cang, rak ka leng ve te!
My website is ready!!

Ka art prints ngeih nan duh ve maw? Nan duh cun website ah order khawh kasi cang. Vansarts.net

U.S. ummi caah cun fawi tein website ah order khawh kasi. U.S. leng a ummi bel cu, ca in ka kua ulaw i kuat ning cang kan i chim khawh.

08/09/2022

Bingbir Par

Prints cah khawh kasi