The Miaoli County Government held the annual harvest festival for the aborigines in the Miaoli County Zhunan/Toufen Sports Park today (2022/10/09) called 苗栗縣都會區原住民族歲時祭儀暨聯合豐年祭.
The aboriginal population of Miaoli County is about 12,000 people. There are a total of 15 aboriginal tribes living in Miaoli, except for the Kanakanavu people. Among them, about 6,000 people live in Tai'an Township and Nanzhuang, the original hometowns, with Atayal and Xiasai people being the dominant tribes. Approximately 5,000 people in the metropolitan area live scattered in Toufen City, Zhunan Town, and Miaoli City, with the Amis tribe being the most populous.
The event attracted nearly 1,000 people from aboriginal associations in 21 metropolitan areas in the Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli regions. Various ethnic groups took turns performing traditional ritual songs and dances to showcase the power and beauty of aboriginal dance.
In order to allow the aborigines who have left their hometowns to live in the metropolitan area to understand the traditional customs of their respective ethnic groups, the county government organizes the annual harvest festival activities for the aborigines in the metropolitan area every year.
The festival was organized by County Magistrate Xu Yaochang, Chairperson Zhong Dongjin, County Councilors Huang Yuee and Yang Wenchang, Secretary-General Xu Gongfan from the Service Office, Director Jiang Yixiong from the County Aboriginal Center, Mayor Luo Xuezhu from Toufen, and Village Head Luo Chunlian from Nanzhuang, Tai'an Township Mayor Liu Meilan, Executive Yuan Consultant Xu Dingzhen, and others. They jointly kicked off the ceremony and performed a blessing ceremony under the leadership of leader Chen Jinliu and deputy leader Wang Guibao.
We stayed there for about 1.5 hours, although it's difficult to stay longer with a child. Our son got bored and became restless, so we had to leave soon. I only saw a few dances, but I think it's really cool to be part of this type of festival. There were many different tribes dancing, wearing different types of clothes. In the past, we have visited a few aboriginal villages in the mountains of Taiwan, and I always find them to be such special places to see!
Feel free to check out my video, where I recorded several different group dances. I think the highlights start around the 10-minute mark, where different tribes join together to dance!
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