During our self-driving trip around Taiwan, we chose to stay in a B&B on the east coast of Hualien Station. It is only a 5-minute walk from Dongdamen Night Market. This choice has been planned for a long time because the temptation of Taiwan’s night markets is irresistible, especially the famous Dongdamen Night Market. The Dongdaemun Night Market is even more unmissable, but this time there is an unexpected surprise, which has nothing to do with food. Please follow me...
That night, when we stepped into the Dongdaemun Night Market, we felt something was different. We always meet small and large groups of aboriginal people dressed in costumes. We also hear cheerful singing coming from a distance. People are rushing in that direction. Could it be that we happen to catch up with some festival? Hurry up and follow the flow of people to see what happens...
It turns out that a stage has been set up at Dongdaemun Night Market, and the annual Joint Harvest Festival Aboriginal Song and Dance Trials are being held. This year's song is called "Put on a Lover's Bag" , the song is so cheerful and contagious that even outsiders like us can’t help but dance to it. There are as many as six major tribes of aborigines in the Hualien area. They are dressed in costumes, singing and dancing. It’s so charming. Such a scene has made us forget about the delicious food and can no longer move away...
The competition site was unprecedentedly grand. Tourists and indigenous people from all over the world were infected by the warm atmosphere. Although there is only one song "Putting on a Lover's Bag" to accompany it, viewers will never feel bored because each participating Aboriginal dance team has a different composition, choreography, costumes and decorations. In short, every dance is unique. Enthusiastic and unrestrained, exciting...
The lady on the left is the host of the conference. Behind her are the dancers waiting for the show. They are either a combination of young and old, a cloud of beauties, or are full of youth. All in all, each team will make people happy. Only by watching their dance up close can you realize the simplest folk culture and their infinite yearning for a happy life...
In Taiwan, with the times, As time goes by, Taiwan's aboriginal harvest festivals have also undergone many changes. However, no matter how it changes, the strong vitality of Taiwan's aboriginal culture has always been passed down. The Harvest Festival is the most exciting part of it. This dance trial is for this year's joint Harvest Festival. You can imagine that by then What a lively scene it will be when the Harvest Festival is held grandly...
According to the enthusiastic staff around me, each tribe has its own characteristics in the Harvest Festival held to celebrate the harvest, and it has become a symbol of folk culture. The harvest festivals in the Taitung area of Hualien and the Alishan area of Taichung are the busiest. He repeatedly invited us to come back on the full moon day after the autumn harvest, when the harvest festival is officially held, which is the most lively and beautiful time...
I still remember the little boy in this dance team. , he was the star of the whole night, and the audience gave him thunderous applause. He danced lively, joyfully, and full of power. That night, I saw many children in the team. They all had bright eyes and bright smiles. It was really Well...
Hualien is beautiful, whether it is the seaside scenery or the valley scenery. Such a beautiful place is the area with the largest number of indigenous people in Taiwan. Hualien is home to six major tribes: Amis, Bunun, Kavalan, Taroko, Sakilaya and Seediq...
Hualien is a relatively late developed area in Taiwan's history, and it is also one of the last places in Taiwan to be settled by Han people. Although the restrictions of the terrain once hindered the development here, it also allowed Hualien to preserve the most original humanistic customs and the most primitive natural scenery. This self-driving trip to Taiwan especially loved Hualien and this place. Encountered singing and dancing...
Taiwan, Hualien has always been a popular tourist destination in Taiwan and is also the area with the largest number of indigenous people in Taiwan.Hualien has a variety of aboriginal activities, among which the annual Harvest Festival is the largest. This is a ceremony held by the tribe to celebrate the harvest of millet and worship their gods and ancestors. It is also responsible for educating men to adulthood and passing on the firewood. Seriously, we were really lucky to catch up with the Harvest Festival Aboriginal Dance Trial...
That night, like every audience present, I devoted myself wholeheartedly to this joyful song and dance. From beginning to end, I never felt that I was watching a theatrical performance. Instead, I truly felt the happy life of Taiwan's aboriginal people. Their dances had no trace of performance, and that was what their lives were like... ..
This young dancer brought the atmosphere of the scene to a climax. Their dance was more intense. The boy was handsome and the girl was beautiful. The dance range was huge and the steps were uniform. I filmed and watched behind them and was completely shocked. Arrived, I envy their innate happiness and unrestrainedness from the bottom of my heart...
It is said that the United Harvest Festival held every summer is a grand national series. Every July, various ethnic groups hold harvest festivals to celebrate the rice harvest, thank their ancestors for their blessings, and pray for good weather and a bumper harvest in the coming year. The entire celebration can last for more than a week. Before the government advocated joint harvest festivals, the harvest festivals of various ethnic groups had always had a primitive and mysterious color. Some tribes even prohibited the presence of outsiders in their harvest festivals. The current Joint Harvest Festival is so exciting...
This selection competition was held in an open place like Dongdaemun Night Market, and it was very orderly. It showed the modesty, courtesy and orderliness of the Taiwanese people. I also Observing the situation at the judges' table carefully, it can be seen that every judge is immersed in such a song and dance. The judging attitude is rigorous, striving for excellence, and convincing...
I would also like to pay attention to the people in the audience who come from There are people from all over the world, including blonde beauties who danced to the music throughout the show, tourists like me who kept taking pictures with their cameras, aboriginal grandmothers holding their babies by the hand, and some who were tender and supportive from beginning to end. Exotic lovers, I have to admit in my heart that this is a party of love, extremely warm...
Later I walked into the waiting crowd. Although I couldn't figure out which tribe they all belonged to, but What I can appreciate is their innate happiness and beauty. In my eyes, the costumes of every tribe are extremely beautiful, and every smiling face is extremely friendly...
When the dance is getting heated, , the audience would always cheer involuntarily, and I would sometimes cheer and sometimes jump for joy along with the crowd. I kept feeling in my heart that I am really lucky to be able to attend such a party immersively. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The most honest and friendly gathering...
Among the people waiting at the venue, the most affected by this grandfather's smile. Those who danced with him should be his grandson and granddaughter. In his kind smile, The children gathered around singing and dancing, and it was such a happy and beautiful scene that everyone would be moved...
This self-driving trip, being able to see Taiwan's aboriginal singing and dancing with my own eyes is truly a worthwhile trip, and I understand that. To the accompaniment of original ecological instruments, they sang slightly wild, lyrical and unrestrained ballads, and the shirtless young man danced vigorously to the beat. It was a reappearance of the hunting, fishing and woodcutter life scenes of the tribesmen, despite the language customs Different, but through music, singing, dancing body movements and props, we can also feel their beautiful life firsthand...
Hualien is a beautiful coastal plain, especially the Ami people who have lived here for generations. and other tribes, cultivated by this beautiful landscape to be good at singing and dancing.Especially the Ami people, with a total population of 130,000 and the largest ethnic minority group in Taiwan, have integrated singing and dancing into every part of their lives. Whether it is daily life or production and labor, singing and dancing are inseparable. The festival is also a grand event of singing and dancing. This time I was lucky enough to see their dance, and I was very happy...
At the end of the dance trial, it was already late at night, and I remembered that I had not eaten dinner yet, so I put down my beloved Looking at the happy crowd with the camera, I decided to have a drink for such a wonderful encounter! From then on, I will remember the Joint Harvest Festival held in Hualien every year, and I must come there then! ...Original pictures and texts: Literary people see the world, welcome to pay attention to
