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 ...
在祭典當中,賽夏族人盛裝的服飾上,有許多美麗的織紋圖騰,常見的圖騰如下:
一、 菱形紋:菱形的形狀,就像是人的雙眼一樣,賽夏族人認為菱形是祖靈的眼睛,所以將菱形織在服飾上,就像是祖靈守護著族人,同時也是告誡族人不可以作壞事。
二、 卐字形紋:『卐』像是大自然的天候現象『閃電』,相傳在過去有一位雷神非常照顧賽夏族人,在凡間的時候,幫助賽夏族人耕種,日復一日,賽夏族人越來越懶惰,有一天雷神從田裡回到家後,肚子非常的餓,就請人去煮飯,但是煮飯的人卻懶得煮,把鍋灰拿給雷神吃,雷神終於受不了了,憤怒的回到天上,賽夏族人這才驚覺自己犯下大錯,於是將類似『閃電』的圖紋織在服飾上,來紀念雷神並且約束自己的行為,提醒自己要勤勞不要懶惰,不然會再次發生同樣的事情。
三、 線條紋、XO紋:早期賽夏族人與泰雅族人互相通婚,所以賽夏族人將原屬泰雅族的圖騰融入了賽夏族文化中,織出與泰雅族人雷同的圖騰。
另外賽夏族人也有主要的色系代表