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Social Program
Nantou Bunun
Tribe – Sound of Lona
Time: 0900-0915, Saturday, 6
December 2008
Place: International Conference
Hall, Building for Humanities and Social
Sciences, Academia Sinica
Target Audience:
Invited Only
Lona tribe belongs to the Bunun
people, one of Taiwan’s thirteen indigenous
ethnic groups. For a long time, the ancestors of
Lona tribe lived in the Central Mountains, near
the head-waters of Zhoushuixi River.
During
the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, in order to
manage and control the whole tribe, the Japanese
government forced the Lona tribe to leave their
homeland and move to the present village—Lona
village in Nantou Shin-Yi rural area. There are
approximately 530 households in the entire tribe
with a population of about 1,200. Of the
residents, 70% are aboriginals, 25% Han, and 5%
Hakka. Villagers with different ethnic origins
and religions live together in unity. The whole
village farms for a living and grows highly
profitable crops such as flowers, vegetables,
fruits and teas.
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Cloud
Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Time: 1600-1730, Saturday, 6
December 2008
Place: Center of Academic
Activities, Academia Sinica
Target Audience:
Invited Only
According to legend, Cloud
Gate is the name of the oldest known dance in
China, a ritual dance 5,000 years old. In 1973,
choreographer Lin Hwai-min adopted this
classical name for the first contemporary dance
company in any Chinese speaking community: Cloud
Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Cloud Gate’s rich
repertoire has roots in Asian myths, folklore,
and aesthetics, but it brings to these age-old
beliefs and stories a contemporary and universal
perspective.
In 1999, Lin Hwai-min
founded Cloud Gate 2 to foster young
choreographers and develop education and
outreach programs through its performances,
workshops, lecture-demonstrations and residency
projects on campuses and grass-root communities
in Taiwan.
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