Where to Meet a Real Indigenous Taiwan!
Many indigenous people fired beacons in their own communities on Feb 28, including a group of young indigenous people firing beacon at a landmark of Taipei City, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in front of hundreds of people and foreign visitors. Why?
The latest commercial for Taiwan Design Expo in Taitung County, astonishingly beautiful! And since Taitung is the county with the highest density of indigenous population in Taiwan, there are many indigenous elements in the 30-sec clip. Could you tell what they are?
The name Matmo itself comes from an Austronesian language (the same as all the Taiwanese indigenous languages) Chamorro, the native language in Guam, and the name means “Heavy Rain”.
Interestingly, there was a record on the religion of ancient Siraya people, a Taiwanese indigenous people living in Southern Taiwan, about the heavy rain.
In the culture of Amis, unlike the modern society that practices patriarchy, the Sun has an image of……
When another summertime and too the season of Harvest Ceremony comes, and the Amis people have finished the summer harvest, it’s time for the indigenous people living in Eastern Taiwan to catch……
#1 Orchid Island’s Indigenous Protest Against Regional Development Plan……
Two indigenous peoples from Kaohsiung, Kanakanavu and Hla’arua, which had long been regarded as two subgroups of Cou, were officially recognised by the government and will be announced by the Executive Yuan soon……
#1 Night Ceremony Done, Siraya People: Never Give Up Striving for Official Recognition!
The Siraya people from Beitouyang, Tainan, just finished their annual Night Ceremony for their highest ancestral spirit, Alid, last Sun (Apr 27). However, the indigenous people have been regarded as sinicised already by Taiwan’s government and are not recognized as one of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples officially. The people said they will keep fighting for official recognition.
Last week, a group of elementary school students from Taitung, many of whom are indigenous children, went on an amazing flash mob in Taipei Main Station hall, applauded by many audience!
Familiar with some Taiwanese indigenous cultures? Which songs were they dancing with?
The Sea Ceremony of the Amis people of Torik in Eastern Taiwan just finished last weekend. In the Amis language, the ceremony is called Pafafoy. As fafoy means “pig”, I wouldn’t have been happy at all for my presence in the name of the ceremony — Because Pafafoy actually means “to sacrifice a pig” (lol)