I believe last Wednesday
is a very special day for
everyone is a very special day. In our
World Culture
course, we are honor to invite three members
of
Taiwan indigenous preservation institution.
All
of them came from a-mei tribe. They not
only introduce
to us the major indigenous tribes in Taiwan,
but
also taught us many indidenous songs and
greetings.
It is easy for us Han people to neglect
the voice
from margin because indigenous people are
minor
group in Taiwan. In my opinion, I tend
to consider
indigenous people are not well-educated
or poor.
However, after meeting with these three
active
indigenous people, they really broadened
my eyes
and corrected my wrong thoughts toward
them.
Actually, jsut as other cultures, our indigenous
people also develop thier own outstanding
cultures.
For example, indigenous people are good
at making
handicrafts, singing, or dancing. We usually
tend
to think learing indigenous songs is not
so difficult
because mostly they repeat the same sounds
and melodies
again and again. However, after we tried,
I just
realized it is not as easy as I thought
before. It
needs training. As they singing or dancing
in front
of us, I was shocked by thier beautifyl
and powerful
voicce. Meanwhile, I seem may touch and
feel thier
spirit from performance. To tell the truth,
I was so
touched!
After this course, I am very happy to know
that our
government do make efforts for our indigenous
people
rather than ignoring them. It is very nice
that
this indigenous preservaation institution
first may
have thier own identies, then introduce
themselves
to everyone around Taiwan or over the world
by
constant performances or visiting. I believe
it is
very useful to arouse public attention
and make
others know thier existences.
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