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Hualien Ho Ping Primary School (2010 CyberFair Project ID 6408)
Taiwan,
Taiwan,
Hualien County
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms
We estimate 13 student(s) from 10 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: In traditional Taroko Tribe, people choose the intelligent and righteous man as their head. As the time changes, life has became more and more convenient. The young, however, leaves the village, and mostly the elder and the children stay. There are still some enthusiastic people making efforts quietly and cultivating the young generation in the community.
During holidays, dance performances can be seen in Taroko National Park. Students from junior high school and primary school in Siou-Lin Township wear the traditional Taroko garments; xylophones and Jew’s harps (lubugs) certainly appear in a dance. Although lubugs can sometimes be heard, we found out that the knowledge of them was not deep at all. Thus, we hope that we can get a more profound understanding through this research project.
Project Description: The sound of a Taroko lubug is full of rhythms, but it is rarely seen in the community. Our school teachers are teaching children how too make traditional Taroko musical instruments. Watching them concentrate, we wanted to know if this instrument was preserved or not in the community.
Our research guidelines:
1. Finding the lost traditional culture through collecting, sorting data and magnifying them.
2. Making Taroko traditional musical instruments on our own to feel the music.
3. Interviewing the elders of the tribe to recall their life and experience the value of traditional culture. (Gaya)
4. Connecting the resources in the community to provide and access for the community to learn this traditional musical instrument.
5. Taking actual actions to participate in the community activities and fulfill the ideal of caring about the community.
6. Hoping that this CyberFair research project can deeply know the music of Taroko lubugs.