Halugu Wadan (Atayal), reporter for the “Aborigine News Journal” of the Public Television Services from 1998 to 2006, reporter for the “Formosa Aboriginal News Magazine” of the Taiwan Indigenous Television; so far has completed about 100 projects (from 8 to 24 minutes in length) .
Kimbo Hu, called “the godfather of aboriginal folk songs,” is a pioneer of the folk music movement. When Taiwan’s democratization movement was at its height, he sang about the unfair treatment which the aboriginal peoples have suffered. Today, as the aboriginal movement seems to be at an end , Kimbo Hu has returned to his life as a singer, releasing…
Ptasan is the most vivid totem of the Atayal culture. After the Japanese took control of Taiwan, Ptasan was banned because it was considered a barbarian act. Now, when Ptasan is nearly unseen or unheard of, one Atayal young man, Taliana Yilou, decides to give himself Ptasan. As a young man under 30 years of age, Tali does not have…