Taiwan Indigenous News

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

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Indigenous Youth Night

This celebration brings together Taiwan's young indigenous people attending different colleges in northern Taiwan along with tribal elders from their villages in an evening of song and dance. Composed of two main parts, indigenous dance and indigenous folk songs, the performances will highlight the innate ability of these artists to express the power and beauty of nature with deft enthusiasm. Performance styles will range from the traditional through the modern with the aim of imparting a fresh perspective on the connection between traditional and popular aesthetics. The hope is to present to the audience the same sense that one might get from visiting a tribal ceremony in the native villages and also further a sense of camaraderie among the different generations of indigenous people.

Organizers

• Sponsoring Agencies: Ministry of Education, Council of Indigenous Peoples (Executive Yuan), Council for Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Indigenous Affairs Committee, Taipei County Indigenous Affairs Administration
• Organizer: Mingchi University of Technology Aborigine Education Center
• Planning: Mingchi University of Technology Aborigine Youth Corps, Aborigine Dance Society
• Assistance: Mingchi University of Technology Benevolence Association, Music Box Society

Time and Place

• Date: Wednesday, April 26^th, 2006, 7:30PM
• Place: Mingchi University of Technology sports auditorium, Taishan, Taipei County

Itinerary

• Two kinds of performances:
  1. Aborigine Dance
  2. Aborigine Musical Performance (traditional through modern)
• Two kinds of troupes:
  1. Northern colleges aborigine youth associations
  2. Performance troupes from tribal villages
  3. Aborigine singers

Getting there

Consult the linked map for driving directions. For those traveling by bus from Taipei: From exit 2 (stop area C) of the Ximen subway station, take the Sanchung 637 bus to Mingchi University of Technology (明志技術學院) campus towards Taishan.