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SHU-TE Home Economics& Commercial High School (2016 CyberFair Project ID 8053)
Taiwan,
Kaohsiung
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms
We estimate 10 student(s) from 16 to 18 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Taitung County is located in the eastern of Taiwan where canvasses an area of 3515 km2, covering 9.78% of the total land area of Taiwan. It is the third largest county in Taiwan, next to Hualien and Nantou. Taitung is also the longest county, owning 166 km of coastline, 2/5 of the total coastline of Taiwan. Population 234,123. Taitung is home to seven aboriginal ethnics, including Bunun, Paiwan, Rukai, Amis, Beinan, Yamis, and Gamalan. Each tribe has its own unique culture; the diversity is the one and only in the nation as well as a rarity in the world. The high density and high diversity of indigenous population endows Taitung County with beverages richest resources.
Project Description: The Paiwan are an aboriginal tribe of Taiwan. The majority of Paiwan people live in Taitung and speak the Paiwan language. In 2014, the Paiwan numbered 96,334 which makes them become second-largest tribal group.
The name “Paiwan” may have originated from a myth. According to the myth, Paiwan ancestors lived in a location on Dawu mountain that was called “Paiwan,” where heaven is said to exist. The unique ceremonies in Paiwan are Masaru and Maleveq. The Masaru is a ceremony that celebrates the harvest of rice, whereas the Maleveq commemorates their ancestors or gods. The Paiwan is famous for handicraft and they are good at weaving, making beads necklances and wood culpture. Mrs.Chen owns a tranditional Paiwan art store and she makes many delicate Paiwan handiworks. The reason why she run the store is to pass down the Paiwan Culture.