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?
Typhoon Morakot hit southern and southeastern Taiwan in August of 2009 killing hundreds and leaving many more homeless. Although nearly five years have passed since this natural disaster, there are still traces of it in areas of rockslide and new roads and bridges have been built to replace those that were wiped out. But, such disaster also reveals the resilience of the human spirit and the determination to rebuild. The community has been doing that creating farming, cultural and environmental education areas. Ms. Fang said that rebuilding efforts are still coming along, but tourists are already returning.
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……
Paterongan (or Xinshe/新社 in Chinese) is located along the picturesque coast of southern Hualien County. Its population is mostly Amis, but also includes the largest concentration of Kavalan (or Kbalan in Kavalan language) in Taiwan. The Kavalan once inhabited the plains of Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan but were forced to leave there some 250 years ago due to clashes with Qing dynasty troops and other indigenous peoples.
The Rukai people are mainly concentrated in the southern Taiwan county of Pingtung. However, long ago, some of the Rukai headed eastward, crossing the mountains to arrive in Taitung County……
#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……
