Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Sin-Hua Junior High School (2007 CyberFair Project ID 5015)
Taiwan, Tainan county
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations

We estimate 14 student(s) from 13 to 15 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: The area where we conducted our research is Sin-hua Township and its neighborhood. Sin-hua Township, in the southern part of Taiwan, used to be called “Tavokan,” in Siraya Language, which means “the land of woods and hills.” It’s not only a place teeming with spectacular natural scenery, but also a place full of interesting cultures. It was once dwelled in by the Siraya people, Pepo Tribe; even now, a group of Siraya people remain here, and many of our schoolmates are Siraya descendants. Today, we would like to introduce to you – Siraya Culture Association, a local organization located right here in Sin-hua. The members of Siraya Culture Association have long-term dedicated themselves to the promotion, conservation, and restoration of their Siraya culture. It’s an ethnic group and an organization deserving of our respect.

Project Description: In Taiwan, the Siraya people have been so deeply influenced by the Chinese that many of their culture characteristics have disappeared. There are even no distinguished differences between these two cultures. However, thanks to a group of Siraya descendants, who were aware of their unique life style and had been searching for their ethnic identity, Siraya Culture Association was founded. These people manage to preserve their own culture. Our project aims at making their endeavors and their unique culture well known to more and more people. Work Assignation At first, all of our team members worked together to collect information, interview people, etc. But later, we found that it would be the most effective way if different groups were in charge of the different topics on the web pages of our project. So, the three groups came out as follows: First Episode ~ Hsiang-ya, Wan-ting, Hui-ting Second Episode ~ Hsiao-fen, Yueh-ju, Ssu-min Third Episode ~ Hsiao-fen, Yueh-ju, Ssu-min The Crew ~ Bai-qil, I-jou, Pei-rong Researchers’ Comments ~ all of us Web Page Editing ~ all of us In addition, have you listened to the songs or words on the web page? All of them were sung and said by our team members and some schoolmates of Siraya tribe. It is genuine. Isn’t it wonderful?

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