Taivoan Night Ceremony
The Taivoan Night Ceremony (Taivoan language, Taivoan: , ) is one of the most important annual ceremonial rituals of the Taivoan people, Taivoan, a Plains Indigenous peoples, plain indigenous people in Taiwan. It is held on September 15th of the lunar calendar in various Taivoan communities such as Siaolin Village, Siaolin and Rauron in Kaohsiung, and Dazhuang, Hualien County, Taiwan, Dazhuang in Hualien County, Hualien. Additionally, the Liuchongxi community in Tainan conducts it a day earlier on September 14th, and the Liouguei District, Kaohsiung, Liouguei community in Kaohsiung holds the ceremony on October 6th. The Taivoan Night Ceremony in Liuchongxi, along with four other Siraya Night Ceremonies in Tainan — Beitouyang, Kabuasua, Fuxing Palace, and Danei Toushe – are collectively known as the "Five Night Ceremonies" in the Tainan area. Origin The ''Anping County Miscellaneous Records'' (安平縣雜記) written in the late Qing dynasty has arguably the earliest and the ...
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