Taiwan Indigenous News
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Female head of the national park system seeks to improve parks
... She said she could sense the wisdom of the mountain forests as passed down throughout the ages by Taiwan's indigenous peoples. The ...
Hsieh reveals moves to help indigenous students
... crystal display television to the students at an elementary school in Taitung County and announced more measures to help Taiwan's indigenous children secure ...
Tribe wants official recognition
... "Taiwan's indigenous tribes are all unique minorities in this country, but we are all the original residents of the island. Every ...
傳統對儀式的強調,可以說是賽夏族文化表現的主要特性。各種不同的祭儀,結合神話傳說,配合獨特象徵物的運用,形成文化信仰、價值觀和集體記憶的核心。而各個姓氏也透過祭典中的參與操作和分工角色的扮演,凝聚出強烈的認同感和族群意識;這也是賽夏文化在不斷面臨外界的強勢壓力,還能一直傳承延續的重要基礎。即使時代改變,許多文化特性因應時代,變遷而逐漸被替代,但大部分的信仰仍然存在,傳統祭典也都在積極運作。或許祭儀過程和內容,隨著時代變化而有變動;不過,對祖靈和矮靈敬畏崇拜的信仰根源,仍然不變,這對賽夏族人來說,具有最重要的文化意義。目前賽夏族人還固定舉行的重要傳統祭儀。如下:
巴斯達隘(矮靈祭),是現今最受外界矚目的賽夏族文化表徵。因為和祭典相關的神秘傳說故事,四天三夜盛大的歌舞儀式。族人對矮靈們感謝與追思,從賽夏族人由各地趕回參加祭典,且虔敬的遵守儀式禁忌可以看出來。巴斯達隘(矮靈祭)舉行的時間現在大多固定在農曆十月中旬,也就是第十個月圓的時候舉行,每二年舉行一次小祭,每十年一次大祭。