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This Month in Indigenous Culture - Taiwan |
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Written by Cultural Survival.org
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
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Article Source: CuturalSurvival.org
On the island of Taiwan, January is the season for planting millet, the staple food of the island's Indigenous Peoples. The Bunun people mark the end of planting with the Tositosan festival. Hoes and other planting tools are blessed as they are taken from the fields, and the people perform the Pasibutbut. A sacred song that embodies one of the most complex musical forms on earth with unique eight-part harmonies, the Pasibutbut is always sung by eight men interlocking arms in a circle. Swirling multitonal sounds ebb and flow, evoking sounds of nature and invoking the blessings of their gods for a good harvest.
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