Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Wufu junior high school (2005 CyberFair Project ID 3688)
Taiwan, Kaoshuing
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations

We estimate 8 student(s) from 14 to 15 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: They are the comfortable climate and productive land in southern-west Taiwan in which tribes are suitable for living and developing. Therefore, Makatao tribe was a branch of Silaya and established their power region from south of Tainan to the north of the KouPin river . Since the invasion of the Han, the Han got their lands by cheating and the pirates hung around, so Makatao tribe moved to other places even more to the peninsula of HenChin. Then, Makatao tribe fell away. The immigrants of the Han took the place. Who has ever thought that the land we are has been gone through histories? Who has ever thought that the ancestor has even lived in the land of the city. Look for and find out it. Let us take you to uncover the mysterious veil.

Project Description: Makatao Tribe had been landlord of the district of Kaohsiung. They were matriarchal society and believed Yaliju as a tutelary god. The piblic gall was their political center. Before the invasion of Han, they led a life with a happy and carefree minds. Nevertheless, they faced the attack of Chinese culture since Han's reclamation. Not only the language was assimilated and the lands were occupied, but also the identities were wiped out and hidden in the current. They were forgotten in the past of many years even more like a stanger in the current. We hope that by the research we can awake some people to support and understand the miserable history of Makatao Tribe.

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