[Subtitles Translation] When You Close Your Eyes and Feel the Meaning of Millet

1. 0:06 – 0:10
   A group of friends from far away
2. 0:10 – 0:14
   becoming the guests of the tribe Luvaniya in Taitung
3. 0:14 – 0:17
   absorbed in the mountains and the cultures
4. 0:41 – 0:47
   This is the song a tribal chief used to sing on the roof of his slate house
5. 0:47 – 0:50
   whenever he was about to pick a man to be his daughter's husband
   

[Subtitle Translation] Alangyi Don't Wanna Say Goodbye!

1. 0:33 – 0:42
   "Alangyi Doesn't Wanna Say Goodbye!"
2. 0:50 – 0:57
   Ancestors, we are coming to feel the path you used to pass
3. 1:09 – 1:13
   In Autumn, we walk along the East Coast.
4. 1:16 – 1:25
   In a gentle sea breeze, we are following the steps of our ancestors.
5. 1:28 – 1:37
   Listening to the voices of the ancestral spirits.
   

島民的世界觀

這幾天實在很悶，失望就像吞也吞不下去，吐也吐不出來的痰，但最近實在是忙得沒時間做憤世嫉俗的糞青。

感謝這位排灣族朋友 Kuljelje Patiya 說清楚講明白
http://www.lihpao.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-129465###


別以為那種「世界有三層，上層是神，下層是侏儒，中層是人住的」這種觀念只有在北歐或少數民族的神話裡才出現，有一群叫「島民」的世界觀裡也一直都有。

[Subtitle Translation] The Songs for Ino

== The Songs for Ino ==

Hey, tell us, what did your mum always prepare for you when you woke up in your childhood?

Sandwiches? Burgers? Cereal? Coffee only?

-- Or five dollars of "go-buying-your-breakfast"?

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Still remember that, my mum always woke up much earlier than me so that me and my brother could enjoy our breakfast right after we got up. And after sending us to school, she then went to her office......

-- It's was almost 24/7/365 non-stop working! (which is really hard for me to imagine, who always arrive to office late...)

And how were you guys raised up by your mothers?

Let's watch a video prepared by a group of little Cou girls from Saviki in Ali Mt. to record the daily life of their hard-working mums, recording every moment that their mothers working hard in the eco-touristic park of Tanaiku and cooking breakfast with their callused hands every morning......

[Indigenous in Translation] The Shells and Shell Ash in the Tradition of Tao/Yami

"No shell ash, no man."

This is a quote from a Tao elder, from which we can learn that shell ash and shells are such sacred and meaningful things for Tao from Orchid Island!

They do not only eat betel nuts with shell ash, but also paint their traditional boats with the shell ash, heal wounds, and even evict evil spirits with it!

Just because shell ash is so special that there are many taboos or rules to follow when making the ash. For example, only in the 9th month in the lunar calendar of Tao can they make shell ash. Also to make shell ash is men's job, not for women -- especially strictly prohibited for those women who take care of taro cultivation!

Why? How come?

Well, because Tao believe their shell ash which can evict evil spirits would instead kill all the taros if it is spread to the taro field by women's hands.

On the other hand, Tao are used to hanging some fishing net and shells beside taro fields, because they believe the Chiragra spider conch can bring the fields water, and other shells like Turbo marmoratus can evict evil spirits from stealing taros away. Actually according to some experts, when shells are hung besides taro fields, weather in the wind and cover the fields, could help keep bugs away!

The Tao cultures of shells and shell ash are so special!

[Subtitle Translation] The Ear Shooting Ceremony in Taki Vatan

1. Malahodaigian, the Ear Shooting Ceremony commenced in the sound of the gun shot.
2. The tribal elders too offered the crops they grew by themselves and worshiped to the ancestral spirits for another peaceful and prosperous year.
3. In order to pass down the culture of Bunun, many elders were teaching the children how to shoot boars' ears with bow and arrow.
4. Many expatriate Bunun of Taki Vatan took the chance to return to Rubas (Wanrong) to attend the annual Ear Shooting Ceremony.

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5. Besides the ceremony, many traditional performing art competitions were held to preserve the culture at the same time.
6. The Bunun people of Taki Vatan mainly live in three tribes: Kunuan, Tamayan, and Tungkuang.
7. Even though the Bunun here are surrounded by the Truku people, they don't forget their own culture and will keep holding the Ear Shooting Ceremony to preserve the culture.

[Subtitle Translation] Sans Souci in Taiwan -- The Valley of Tanayiku

Where is it, the Sans Souci, the Place without Sorrow in Taiwan?

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Before when the tourists went to the area of Ali Mt., they wouldn't have considered visiting Tanayiku.

At that moment, the Cou people living in the nearby Saviki lived upon agriculture.

Later, the people couldn't stand that the environment of the valley was destroyed day by day. So they decided to work it out by themselves, trying to recover the beauty of the valley of Tanayiku and maintain the ecosystem of the river in the ancestors' way, and eventually established the first private-owned ecological park in Taiwan in Tanayiku!

In the language of Cou, 'Tanayiku' means "A Place without Sorrow". Perhaps this is why the people working here look so happy and contented!