Taiwan Indigenous News
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
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Hualien Elders
The Taipei Multicultural Arts Group supported and attended the 2005 Hualien International Totem Festival on April 16th and 17th in the beautiful city of Hualien on the East coast of Taiwan.
On April 17th a delegation broke off to film revisiting the last three surviving Tattooed elders of the Hualien area for Voices in the Clouds. Alice presented gifts of photos from our filming in January and certificates of recognition.
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| Truku name | Ipai-lodan 依拜洛旦 | Sigi-uming 西記巫民 | Sakai-iwan 莎蓋依萬 |
| Tribal Village | 富世 Fu-she | 秀林 Xiu-lin | 和平 Ho-ping |
| Chinese name | 古阿釆 Gu A-bian | 方阿妹 Fang A-mei | 林梓里 Lin Tzi-li |
| Birth Date | 6/10/1918 | 9/27/1920 | 8/17/1907 |
Tien Kuei-shih guided us to the tribal villages and interpreted the womens' Truku and Japanese into mandarin Chinese. Our film team included Yang Cheng-hui 楊誠輝 of Gao Yuan AV (高遠錄影傳播), his son, Yang Shi-liang 楊世良 their assistant and Li WenRui 李文瑞.
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Kimi, Alice and Philip at Ptasan Culture Association |
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visiting Ipai-lodan in Fu-she |  |
outside Sigi-uming's home in Xiu-lin |
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Roused from her nap, Sakai-iwan, an hour north of Hualien, in Ho-ping, tells us about the vegetables that her son will bring home and the mountain pig that may have been eaten. |
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Photo of Sakai-iwan when she was in her 50's |