#taiwanese aborigines

[shihlun]

浅井恵倫

- 水社の女

ca. 1940

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Traveled 《Part I》 台灣原住民排灣族酋長的女兒出嫁 ♫ ◠‿◠ Congratulations!!! xoxo We're very lucky!

We went to some churches about Taiwanese aborigines of different ethnic groups. This mountainous area is the base of Taiwan's aborigines - the Paiwan people. 

The day we happened to meet the daughter of the chief of the Paiwan aboriginal getting married.(wedding) and the girl with the green turban on her head is the bride.

and Our team - Father Wen work for 4 churches this one of those churches in the moutains. Because the Catholic Church in Taiwan lacks priests, it needs vocations to train local priests. At present, foreign priests from all over the world account for the majority. 🙏

Lan~*

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

月光 - 王宏恩 (Taiwanese aboriginal singer-songwriter)

清清的河流　靜靜蜿蜓在妳的雙眼 妳的微笑牽動著漣漪　盪漾在湖面

青青的山脈　緩緩起伏在妳的眉間 妳的沉默牽動著晚風　輕輕吹過我耳邊

妳是深山百合花　默默綻放不說話 搖擺山風最輕柔的撫慰　仰望滿天的星光

深山的百合花　沉睡在我夢���遠方 伴著思念最遙遠的飛翔　還有今晚的月光

無聲的夜晚　微風輕輕吹拂你臉龐 黑黑藍藍靜靜的躺在　謎樣的大地上

(間奏)

清清的河流　靜靜蜿蜓在妳的雙眼 妳的微笑牽動著漣漪　盪漾在湖面

青青的山脈　緩緩起伏在妳的眉間 妳的沉默牽動著晚風　輕輕吹過我耳邊

妳是深山百合花　默默綻放不說話 搖擺山風最輕柔的撫慰　仰望滿天的星光

深山的百合花　沉睡在我夢境遠方 伴著思念最遙遠的飛翔　還有今晚的月光

無聲的夜晚　微風輕輕吹拂你臉龐 黑黑藍藍靜靜的躺在　謎樣的大地上

月光常在謎樣大地上…

王宏恩 - 月光 Ana tupa tu《獵人》 / Biung Wang - Song of Moonlight

〈月光Ana tupa tu / Song of Moonlight〉 曲 Music：王宏恩｜詞 Lyrics：王宏恩

Ana tupa tu uka mita mahtu sinadan Asa kata u malinaskal aupa aizag a buan Ana tupa tu uka mita mahtu kanadan Asa kata tu malisvala aupa aizag a bunun I sua mita tu is-ag maza mastan kaisal bun Adu aiza sipu-gulun mita i sia mita tu is-ag Mailan-tagus naitia tu sin-hasam Adu aldikusun nin ta

雖然失去了依靠，我們仍要感到快樂。 因為我們還有月亮。 雖然失去了立足的地方，我們仍要感到安慰。 因為我們仍有企盼。 在你的心中，依然在意什麼。 在你的心中，已然遺忘什麼。 當你抬頭看著月亮，是否還有感動？ 祖先說過的話，是否還在你的心中？

About Singer - 王宏恩 (Taiwanese aboriginal singer-songwriter)

2000年，王宏恩發行了大學的畢業製作《獵人》專輯，成為首位發行族語創作專輯的原住民歌手，也是第一位以原住民語創作拿下「金曲獎最佳方言男演唱人」的金曲歌王。二十多年來，王宏恩發行了六張專輯及一張單曲，其中《走風的人》從原住民文學汲取靈感，深刻的族群內涵和創新的編曲，讓此張專輯入圍金曲獎多項大獎，最後以〈親愛的寶貝〉奪下2005年金曲獎流行音樂最佳作曲人獎，《Muskun Kata 一起我們》專輯入圍2022年最佳原住民語專輯獎。從族語創作出發，再跨界到華語流行音樂，不論是母語或是華語，民謠或是搖滾，不變的是王宏恩那真誠的歌聲、對自己文化的堅持，還有那份對音樂的初衷與��情。

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[echidnana]

this is just a random thing we have been thinking abt but like. becoming more and more Aware of taiwanese politics ig

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Chthonic - Takao 2011

Chthonic is a Taiwanese heavy metal band, formed in 1995 in Taipei. The group incorporates influences from traditional Taiwanese music, including adaptations of folk songs and the use of traditional instruments, most notably the erhu (often called the hiân-á in the band's native Taiwanese Hokkien). Their stated goal is to use their music to bring ancient history and mythology into the modern era especially to build awareness of the myths of Taiwan and tragic events in that country's history. Since 2011 their trademark erhu has been complemented with stringed instruments including the koto and shamisen, as well as Tibetan Bells and shakuhachi and Seediq hunting flutes, the last of which are traditionally used by the indigenous people of Taiwan.

Takasago Army is Chthonic's sixth studio album, released in 2011. The title is a reference to the Takasago Volunteers in the Imperial Japanese Army, recruited from the Taiwanese aboriginal tribes during World War II. Takasago is an ancient Japanese name for Taiwan. This album serves as the final record in Chthonic's "Souls Reposed" Trilogy. Takasago Army reached number 109 on Japan's Oricon music chart, and the video for the song "Takao" was nominated for the 2012 Golden Melody Award in Taiwan for best music video. The album was named the year's best melodic black metal album by the critics' webzine Metal Storm, and French music critics' site Boulevard Brutal selected Takasago Army as the best black metal album of the year. The Japanese rock magazine Burrn!! awarded the band a number 7 rank for best album of the year and number 23 for best heavy metal band.

"Takao" received a total of 54,3% yes votes.

[potteresque-ire]

Happy 8th Debut Anniversary, Gg! Since so many of your fans have already expressed their well wishes so beautifully, I'm just going to post my celebratory dance here 😁😁😁. (What? it's not like I can replicate any other of your or Dd's dance performances!! THIS IS YOUR (AND DD'S) FAULT.) (For those who have not seen this "dark history" gem video from Gg's X-Nine days — it's a rehearsal clip for the X-Nine Variety Show Ep4, aired December 2016 — lyrics + why this performance is in my BJYX treasure chest under the cut!!)

Okay, why don't I start with what the song is about? Published in 1997 by the aboriginal Taiwanese singer Ayol Komod 張震嶽 (Chang Chen-yue), the song is about a teenager's first heart break.

It got very popular because the tune's catchy, and because it's funny! The teenager in question.... definitely isn't the at-the-cusp-of-adulthood-YA-romance-male-lead type. Ayol admitted later that he got the inspiration of the song's grammatically Japanese name, 愛的初體驗, also known as 愛之初體驗 or 愛の初體驗 (Love's First Experience; の being the Japanese character for possessive), from a porn magazine cover in a Japanese convenience store.

(Japanese porn, more commonly known as AV, was (is?) an obsession for many teenage boys in the region, as one can imagine). Now, on to the lyrics. This poor teenager, how did he tell his heartbreak story?

如���說你要離開我 請誠實點來告訴我 不要偷偷摸摸的走 像上次一樣等半年 If you're leaving me, please honestly tell me. Don't sneak your way out, make me wait half a year like last time. 如果說你真的要走 把我的相片還給我 在你身上也沒有用 我可以還給我媽媽 If you're really taking off, give me back my photo. It's not useful on you. I can return it to my mom. 什麼天長地久 只是隨便說說 你愛我那一點 你也說不出口 What is everlasting (love)? It's just talk. What do you love about me? You can't even say. 你認識了帥哥 就把我丟一旁 天氣熱的夏天 心像寒冷冬夜 So you meet a handsome guy, and dump me to the side. Hot is the summer, but my heart is cold as a winter's night. 想要買酒來澆憂愁 卻懶懶不想出去走 想要來一包長壽煙 發現我未滿十八歲 Want to buy alcohol to douse my sorrow, but feel lazy and don't want to go out. Want to buy a pack of Longlife cigarettes, and realize I'm not yet 18. 是不是我的十八歲 註定要為愛情流淚 是不是我的十八歲 註定要為愛情流淚 Is it that my 18 years old is fated to shed tears for love? Is it that my 18 years old is fated to shed tears for love?

The "give the photo back to my mom" is usually when I burst into chuckles ... and makes sure I wouldn't place this teenager, age-wise, anywhere remotely close to adulthood 😁. The lower-end teenage age was suggested in Ayol's original music video too (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4shwLyB7690), in which toys were abundant, including Barbie and Godzilla figures representing the "girlfriend" (who probably thought of the teenager as no more than a kid) and the handsome guy.

I'd place this poor kid in early high school at the oldest, perhaps? Meanwhile, this kid was imagining himself as this tragic male lead suffering a romance-novel-worthy heart break. Hence, the use of phrases and analogies common in those books (such as everlasting 天長地久; literally, "long (in length) as the skies and long (in time) as the earth") and, more importantly, calling up "mature" imageries associated with heart break, of alcohol and cigarettes. These details, ironically, simultaneously gave away just how young he was, most telling being that he was not yet 18 years old, the minimum legal age at the time to purchase both in Taiwan. This explains Gg (and PCY's) awesomely silly moves in the dance, which matched the lyrics both in meaning and in style. While the lyrics isn't included in the video I posted, here's the shot of them playing the teenager handing his photo back to his mom after a swipe of it on his pants (0:36):

... imagining himself getting drunk (~1:13):

... and smoking (1:19):

I've gone through the performances on Youtube of this song (yes, because research is absolutely necessarily on something like this), and this is the only one in which the singer(s) accurately capture(s) the ... 小學雞 Xiao Xue Ji ness of the teenage narrator (Turtles all remember Xiao Xue Ji "Primary School Chicken", right?). Other performances tend to turn the song into a showcase of singing prowess, as is common and, as some of us may be reminded of over these last few days, necessary in performances intended for mainland China's audience (here's an example by Coco Lee (RIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFOCMgB7UoA). While singing prowess is much appreciated, sometimes, an audience like myself just wishes for something fun. Something goofy. For a good laugh, to shout along to (I'd never call whatever escapes my voice box "singing"), to do celebratory dances with. This video delivers for me 😊. With similar sentiments, I prefer this video over the actual performance in the X-Nine Variety Show (https://youtu.be/F1jXP2R-zy4?si=N1Hg1IKwp-dRc_vM 2:10:05), which is more prepped, less casual. Gg mentioned in the show that this song is retro (the glasses were a nod to that; Ayol's MV also had retro elements), and I find the faded colors of the rehearsal video more complementing to this retro feel. Its camerawork was also much better at capturing the fake manga fight that made up so much of the heart of Xiao Xue Ji ness (a special shoutout to whoever feigned the Qi Gong reaction, who did it better than Gg's teammates in the actual show).

Hmm. What else? Oh, maybe, since I'm feeling self-indulgent (I think I say the same thing in every post?), let me share a little something personal that cements the place this performance has in my BJYX treasure chest. Some of you may have noticed the "Longlife cigarettes" (長壽煙) in the lyrics. The very ... curious brand name aside (Longlife? For cigarettes?), this is yet another element in the song in which the teenage narrator tries to create an image of maturity ... and only made him sound young. You see, in Taiwan, cigarettes had used to be sold by the government only, until 1987 when the government opened its market for foreign imports. "Longlife", a high-end cigarette line, had made its debut in the late 1950s. So the brand name, to be fair, had been created before the health effects of cigarettes were known. Regardless, the government's monopoly on cigarette sales allowed Longlife to own the vast majority (more than 3/4) of the marketshare until the foreign brands took over in the late 1980s, after which its sales plummeted.

"Longlife cigarettes" is therefore extremely well known in Taiwan — hence, its inclusion in the song, and to the point that the Taiwanese government, in the early 2000s, got caught in a dilemma + controversy of whether to rebrand the famous cigarettes, now that they were known to work against a long life. (It didn't.)

"Longlife cigarettes" is therefore also retro, the majority of its smokers being of the parents', and grandparents' generation. That our teenage hero thought of Longlife cigarettes — he had likely picked up that image from those generations above him, the "old people" — further suggested his knowledge about cigarettes wasn't from his peers (who would likely be smoking the foreign brands), because he was too young... ... Young, like me! (Hey, I * was * young in 1997!). Longlife just happened to be my grandpa's favourite cigarettes as well. It was ... at the turn of the millenium, a year or two after the release of this song, I think? When my mom told me how she used to light my grandpa's favourite cigarettes for him as a child. Predictably, the brand name made me cackle. Soon, with the Xiao Xue Ji spirit strong in me, it captured my imagination enough that the next time I visited Taiwan, I took a photo with a box of Longlife cigarettes at the airport's duty-free shop before bothering with things like Immigration and Customs. In the same ... chickenly spirit, therefore, I've already reported to my mom that Gg is / has the intention of smoking my grandpa's favourite cigarettes ... my grandpa who passed away before I was born. She has always been amused at my curious enthusiasm over that curious brand name, and she liked that it formed a curious connection between me and my grandpa. She, of course, knows about Gg and Dd, and my curious interest in them. On this happy anniversary, therefore, I may not have a photo to return to my mom, but I have this video and I'm sending it to her. * Duck Dances *

Ah, maybe along with Gg's other performances this week. He's only a superstar now, right? Right ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.

PS. Gg, seeing you so happy at the concert the other day makes me wonder: can it possibly mean there will soon be good news to share with fans? Just ... curious 😁.

[philsmeatylegss]

My favorite Mikus from someone who can’t art but wants to contribute to the trend!!

Please let me know if anything I post is AI. I already reblogged one that I was told was AI.

Please reblog all of these!!!

Cherokee Miku

Māori Miku

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[gaybd1]

Some neat facts about Taiwan I wish more people knew

First of all and most importantly, Taiwan is NOT a part of China! It never has been! It has its own government, currency, passports, etc. The only reason Taiwan doesn't officially "declare independence" is that China would probably blow it up if that happened

Taiwan has been occupied by Spain, the Netherlands, and most recently, Japan. After World War II, Taiwan was under martial law for a long time and some terrible things happened, but now Taiwan is the 14th freest country in the world, and the freest in Asia!

Taiwan was the first country in Asia to legalize gay marriage, and hosts the largest Pride celebration in Asia every October!

Bubble milk tea was invented in Taiwan!

Taiwan has A LOT of scooters and A LOT of convenience stores! It's not uncommon to see two 7-Elevens right across the street from each other. At a 7-Eleven in Taiwan, you can pick up and send packages, pay bills, top up your cell phone, buy a coffee, do laundry, buy concert tickets, print documents, and grocery shop!

ALL Austronesian peoples originally came from Taiwan. There are still over 16 distinct Indigenous tribes today (2.3% of the population), all with their own traditions.

The garbage and recycling trucks in Taiwan play music so you know they're coming. There are mostly two specific songs, one of them being Fur Elise. A lot of Americans who come to visit think it's ice cream trucks they are hearing, but nope, it's the garbage.

Most stray dogs, especially in the rural mountains, are partially Formosan Mountain Dog, an incredibly rare and beautiful species, and one of the most ancient species in the world!

Almost all of the chips making your iPhones, laptops, or cars function, were made in Taiwan! This makes the semiconductor industry a HUGE deal in Taiwan, and makes Taiwan a HUGE deal around the world

Taiwan is the most mountainous island in the world! 2/3 of Taiwan are covered in mountains, and there are 268 mountains that are taller than 3000 meters!

Taiwan has four official languages- Mandarin, "Taiwanese" (Minnan), Hakka, and the "aboriginal"/Indigenous languages. The most widely spoken language (in the North, at least) is Mandarin, by far. Some old people can still speak Japanese.

It's not 2023 in Taiwan; it's 112 (You'll see 2023 used more and more often though, but like my National Health Insurance has my birth year as 83)

[arkipelagic]

it’s still mind blowing to me that indigenous taiwanese people and ryukyuans are not related. how close taiwan and the ryukyu islands are, yet they don’t speak the same language family nor are they even descended from the same ancestral stock. taiwanese aboriginals came from pre-austronesians in mainland china (presumably the yangtze where the austronesian-associated haplogroup was found) whereas ryukyuans are descended from native jomon and yayoi people from the korean peninsula.

[memecucker]

I really am curious about the history of circumcision in Austronesian cultures. A lot of people assume it’s prevalence in Malaysia and Indonesia is due to Islam (which is understandable) and also mistakingly think it’s prevalence in the Philippines and Polynesia is due to American influence (the custom clearly predates any European contact)

I remember reading how traditional circumcision in Polynesia sounds a lot like the most trad form in the Philippines or at least in Tagalog culture where it’s done not at infancy but around adolescence and with wooden tools. Apparently the Tahitian word for circumcision is “tehe” which looks a lot like the Tagalog word “tuli”

Does anyone know if it’s also a custom with say aboriginal Taiwanese or in Madagascar? I know some groups in South Africa practice it also around the age of adolescence and it’d be really interesting if people in Madagascar ended up spreading the practice to the southern African mainland but idk if it’s even done there outside of Islamic contexts

[ladyimaginarium]

okay so unless you've been living under a rock today is orange shirt day / national truth & reconciliation day! while there were assimilation efforts starting as early as the 17th century, from the 1820s to the last residential school in canada, kivalliq hall in nunavut closing in 1997, first nations (both status & nonstatus), inuit & métis children were forced away from their families to attend residential school prisons where they were taught irrelevant curriculum that wasn't even useful for their development, subjected to colonial schooling policies, forced labour/slavery, unethical scientific research based human experimentation oftentimes without their knowledge nor consent of the children or the parents, corporal punishment, withheld food, inadequate heating, little to no contact with parents ranging from 10 months at a time to even years whereas some parents literally camped right outside the school grounds in order to be closer to their children, forced to wear white european settler clothing & having their hair cut which was & still is a source of cultural pride & sacred spirituality, solitary confinement, overcrowded & unsanitary living conditions, violently punished for speaking their languages even to themselves or outside the classroom, practicing their non-christian cultures & religions, or demonstrating any kind of independence & were abused physically, verbally, mentally, emotionally, psychologically, sexually, culturally & spiritually & many died from disease, malnutrition, starvation, beatings, whippings, electrocution, trying to run away, suicide, torture and/or were murdered; native american, alaska native & native hawaiian children were also abused in the exact same way in american indian boarding schools that started in the 17th century in 1819 & ended in 1969 (notice how canada closed the last residential school 28 years — decades — after america did? "canada's nicer" MY ASS), though while today focuses specifically on indigenous turtle island communities specifically in both canada & america, i& have to point out that this has Also happened to other indigenous communities & otherwise minority groups across the world to varying degrees, including but not limited to: the black diaspora in north america, south america & the caribbean while not being forced to attend residential schools (though the segregation of schools must never be overlooked) although there WERE a few black natives/afroindigenous children who were forced to attend residential schools as well they were forced to abandon their native languages, religions & cultural practices & still face discrimination & attempts at forced assimilation, the sámi people of norway, sweden, finland & russia, kvens, tornedalians & finns by the swedish government, several indigenous siberian peoples by the russian government, the mincéiri / travellers of ireland, scotland & wales, kurdish people by the turkish government, the chin, kachin, karen, mon, shan & rohingya people by the british & myanmar governments, aboriginal australians & torres straits islanders called the stolen generations by the australian government & the māori of aotearoa/new zealand by the new zealand government, jewish & romani by various churches & governments, ukrainians by the russian government, the murle people in southern sudan, ainu, ryukyuan, korean & taiwanese people by the japanese government & uighurs & tibetans by the chinese government that's currently ongoing & this has happened so many times across various countries that forcibly taking children away from their families into another group in the hopes of assimilating them into the dominant culture is now considered a form of cultural genocide / culturicide & linguicide. while this has predominantly happened in the so called western hemisphere to enforce western christonormative white supremacy the overwhelmingly vast majority of the time, the perpetrators of these horrible acts are NOT exclusive to white people; this has happened in every continent except antarctica.

additionally, for residential schools in canada & america specifically, this not only applied to oral languages but even sign languages as well, with the many different indigenous children who used their own indigenous languages—both spoken & sign language—being forced to use english, french, asl & lsq, across various churches & their denominations. even moreso, the residential school system in canada & america (as well as the jim crow laws & the armenian genocide) was sick inspiration for cruel dictators like hitler for the holocaust / shoah / porajmos that resulted in the deaths of millions of lives, most especially jewish & romani lives. this is not the ancient past & assimilation is still ongoing. indigenous children all over the globe are still being taken away from their families & it must stop. every single child deserves to play & be safe, be educated & be protected from those who would harm them. every child matters.

while to my knowledge, none of my family members were residential school survivors but what i can tell you is that the evangelization & indoctrination of native communities by white western conservative christians is very much still ongoing. i was a member of an evangelical church group that has branches reaching into even refugee & migrant groups under the guise of a sort of scout group back when i was in elementary school that i later realized growing up that it was actually an international christian nationalist white supremacist child indoctrination cult with their motto to literally become soldiers for god's army with evangelization & missionary work (i will not name it for my own safety) where i was told by one of my cult leaders that indigenous cultures & spirituality — particularly the dreamcatcher — was demonic, evil & wrong, that literal demons came out of it (literal textbook antinative racism), as was anything that was nonchristian, & that the end was near, the rapture was coming in the form of microchips being planted into arms & that all nonbelievers would burn if they didn't "repent" & that god was always watching me & she told me all of this to my face when i was about 8-9 years old & it was one of the major reasons why for years i hadn't reconnected to my own cultures �� that's obviously changed now & i've never been prouder; i also know two residential school survivors, both fierce, strong & powerful native women. even if what i described isn't as severe as everything i& mentioned above, considering the context, you can understand why this hits so close to home to me&. so as a two spirit indigenous person of turtle island i& not only extend my& love & support to my& communities on turtle island but also to our& indigenous siblings & cousins across the seas. solidarity is the only way we can truly go forward.

if you are indigenous canadian, you can call the following 24/7 national crisis hotline for residential school survivors & their families & everyone who's affected by it: 1-866-925-4419

[shihlun]

臺灣の山と蕃人

田中薰

昭和12年(1937)

古今書院發行

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

【Part 2】 前天(週五)在我的工作室附近的高雄展覽館看展覽-AI創新科技展，還有台灣原住民的美食展 (我吃得很飽，跟隻豬一樣到處吃吃吃 lol)。漂亮又親切的女老闆很會做生意，下次旅行去台東她的餐廳再繼續吃美食。(她招待的原住民親釀的小米酒很好喝! 🥂 \(^0^)/)

There is also a Taiwanese aboriginal food exhibition The day before yesterday (Friday), I watched an exhibition at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Hall near my studio - AI Innovation Technology Exhibition ((I was so full, eating everywhere like a pig lol) The beautiful and friendly female boss is very good at business. I will continue to eat delicious food at her restaurant in Taitung next time I travel. (The millet wine she served made by the aborigines was delicious! 🥂 \(^0^)/)

Lan~*

[dear-indies]

Do you have any dark skinned fcs you’d like to see gif packs of? I’m very faceblind and not as up on media as I should be but I’m practicing my work and would love to help those resources

Lori Tan Chinn (1948) Hoisan Chinese.

Nandita Das (1969) Indian.

Sendhil Ramamurthy (1974) Indian.

Grace Park (1974) Korean.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui (1974) Indian.

Dominique Jackson (1975) Afro Tobagonian - is trans.

Trevor Jamieson (1975) Pitjantjatjara / Kukatja, Noongar.

Florence Kasumba (1976) Ugandan.

Sterling K. Brown (1976) African-American.

Danai Gurira (1978) Shona Zimbabwean.

Konkona Sen Sharma (1979) Indian.

Nonso Anozie (1979) Nigerian.

Tannishtha Chatterjee (1980) Indian.

Yetide Badaki (1981) Nigerian - is bisexual.

Lupita Nyong'o (1983) Mexican Luo Kenyan.

Gabourey Sidibe (1983) Senegalese / African-American.

John David Washington (1984) African-American.

T'Nia Miller (1985) Afro Jamaican - is a lesbian - has spoken up for Palestine!

Radhika Apte (1985) Indian - has spoken up for Palestine!

Jodie Turner-Smith (1986) Afro Jamaican.

Chai Fonacier (1986) Bisaya Filipino - has spoken up for Palestine!

Susan Wokoma (1987) Nigerian - has spoken up for Palestine also has donated to an auction for Cinema4Gaza!

Lashana Lynch (1987) Afro Jamaican.

Michaela Coel (1987) Ghanaian - is aromantic - has spoken up for Palestine!

Ritesh Rajan (1988) Indian.

Anna Diop (1988) Senegalese.

Daniel Kaluuya (1989) Ugandan.

Andrea Bang (1989) Korean.

Lolly Adefope (1990) Yoruba Nigerian - has spoken up for Palestine!

Stephanie Hsu (1990) Taiwanese.

Varun Saranga (1990) Indian.

Shaunette Renée Wilson (1990) Afro Guyanese.

Antoinette Robertson (1990) Afro Jamaican.

Paapa Essiedu (1990) Ghanaian - has spoken up for Palestine and donated an auction to Cinema4Gaza!

Nyma Tang (1991) Sudanese.

Denée Benton (1991) African-American - has spoken up for Palestine!

Shamier Anderson (1991) Afro Jamaican.

Sheila Atim (1991) Ugandan.

Melinda Shankar (1992) Indo-Guyanese.

Clarence Ryan (1992) Unspecified Aboriginal Australian.

Haiesha Mistry (1993) Gujarati.

Kim Adis (1993) Bisaya Filipino.

Stephan James (1993) Afro Jamaican.

Nicole Kang (1993) Korean.

Baykali Ganambarr (1994) Yolngu.

Kofi Siriboe (1994) Ghanaian.

Simone Ashley (1995) Tamil Indian.

Mouna Traoré (1995) Afro Haitian and Malian.

Duckie Thot (1995) South Sudanese.

Brandon Soo Hoo (1995) Chinese - has spoken up for Palestine!

Ashton Sanders (1995) African-American.

Zuri Reed (1996) African-American.

Micheal Ward (1997) Afro Jamaican - has spoken up for Palestine!

Magnolia Maymuru (1997) Yolngu.

Jasmeet Baduwalia (1998) Indian.

Lovie Simone (1998) Ghanaian / African-American.

Olly Sholotan (1998) Nigerian

Hope Ikpoku Jnr (2001) Black British - has spoken up for Palestine!

Gerrard Lobo (?) Indian.

Jacob Junior Nayinggul (?) Yolngu.

Natassia Gorey-Furber (?) Central Arrente.

Jimi Bani (?) Wadagadum Torres Strait Islander.

Sasha Morfaw (?) Cameroonian.

Karim Diane (?) Mandingo.

Hey anon! I wouldn't consider these all to be dark-skinned but they're definitely considered dark in their respected industries. Please send in any suggestions and I can add them!

[austin-in-taiwan]

June 27 - Tai Tung  - Rice museum, hotpot, Prehistoric museum, pet pig

Today was our first day back on schedule since the typhoon and our first and last day in Tai Tung. Yesterday, we spent the whole day traveling up to Taipei from Yilan, down from the bullet train to Kaohsiung and then took our bus to Yilan. We traveled more than 270 miles in total and got back late! 

The first thing we did was take the bus to a rice museum. There are tons of excellent-quality rice farms in Taiwan. It was raining all day, so the museum could have been better, but we got to shop at the rice store, look at some exhibits, and check out the view from the top of the building.

Next, we went to get hotpot for lunch. This was different from the hot pot I already had in Taiwan because everyone got their own pot, broth, and meat. It was really delicious. I got the spiciest one on the menu, but it wasn't that spicy at all. 

Then, we drove through the "green tunnel," a road with lush green trees and bushes around and overhead the street. 

Our last stop as a group was the Prehistoric Museum. It has a history of native people of Taiwan and surrounding islands (Somoa, Philippines). It was fascinating, and I really enjoyed learning more about the Aboriginals. Afterward, at the gift shop, I learned about these aboriginal bracelets with different lucky charms according to a local Taiwanese tribe. I got the one for intelligence!

After that, we stopped at a convenience store and ended up at the hotel. A small group of us wanted to eat something other than ramen or sandwiches from 711 again, so we decided to walk down the street and check out restaurants nearby. There was little nearby since we are in a very rural area. However, we did find one restaurant, and it was delicious. I got the fried rice. However, it wasn't the restaurant that made this place really good; it was the pet pig out front (check photos below)!

Academic Reflection

I learned many things throughout my day in rural Taiwan. Firstly, on our way to the rice museum, Peter told the group some interesting facts about the rice culture in Taiwan. Rice is one of the most produced crops here in Taiwan. However, recently, the youth has begun to eat more and more bread and wheat as their source of carbs, which makes Taiwan import more wheat (because they don't produce it here) and takes business away from the rice farmers. As a result, Taiwan is encouraging everyone to eat more rice. This was very interesting. 

I learned the most today at the Prehistoric Museum. To give some context on why this museum was "prehistoric," Taiwan only started to record its history about 400 years ago, So anything 500 years or older is considered "prehistoric." There were so many interesting exhibits from many tribes, but I found a few things the most noteworthy. The first was about the prevalence of Jade. While in Taiwan, I have seen lots of Jade and even bought some myself. Prehistorically, the Aboriginal people found Jade very important and even buried themselves with their jade jewelry and jade weapons/tools. Next, I was interested in learning about how the Yami/Tao had specific rules about the consumption of fish. For example, some fish could only be eaten by men, some couldn't be eaten by women within 2 years of giving birth, etc. 

[irismfrost]

July 26 - Travel day

Today was basically a travel day. We couldn't visit Hualien because it is basically destroyed and the railroads are closed (the tracks are literally nonexistent right now). But we are now in Taitung, a small city on the southern east coast. This city is sparsely populated and has the highest percentage of aboriginal people (~30%). We traveled from Yilan to Taipei (via train) to Kaoshiung (via high speed rail) to Taitung (via bus). We left around 10am and are now arriving in Taitung at 7:30pm. Our dinner came from the supermarket. They do not have many prepared foods so I opted for waffles in a bag (and I also found maple syrup!), cherries, Lays truffle chips, and Ritz crackers - quite a nutritious variety. As a bus snack, I had these cream puff things which are a popular snack here. They are pretty good and remind me a little bit of Krave cereal. Our bus driver also loves us and this area is famous for its custard apple fruit so he got us all some! I'm excited to try it.

We got to see some of the coast and the Taiwanese Straight which is between Taiwan and China. The water was pretty choppy... and all of the rice fields were flooded. Yet, it was still beautiful. This whole country is just pretty at all times.