The Papora () are a
Taiwanese indigenous people
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** Formosan languages
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* Taiwanese people, residents of ...
. They lived primarily in the area around
Taichung
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and the Taiwanese western coastal littoral. During the
Ming
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and
Qing
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dynasties, the
Dutch East India Company
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traded with the Papora and provide records of life among them. Not much is known about the history of the people of Papora, as records were destroyed in a mass genocide committed in 1670 by the Cheng Cheng-gong's forces following widespread resistance by Papora, Babuza, Taokas and Pazeh speaking peoples of the central plain.
Notable people
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Jolin Tsai
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(born 1980), Taiwanese singer, has one fourth Papora blood.
See also
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Papora language
Papora–Hoanya, also known as Bupuran, Hinapavosa, Papola, Papora–Hoanya, Hoanya and Vupuran, is an extinct Formosan language of Taiwan. It was made up of the Papora and Hoanya dialects which were spoken across the middle western side of the i ...
*
Kingdom of Middag
The Kingdom of Middag (), also known as the Kingdom of Dadu (), was a supra-tribal alliance located in the central-western plains of Taiwan in the 17th century. This polity was established by the Taiwanese indigenous peoples of Papora, Babuza, ...
*
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
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References
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
* Reprinted 1995, SMC Publishing, Taipei. .
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