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Paiwan people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paiwan language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paiwan is a native language of Taiwan, spoken by the Paiwan people, one tribe of the Taiwanese aborigines. Paiwan is a Formosan language of the Austronesian language family. The number of speakers is...
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The Paiwan call themselves the "descendents of the paipushe snake". They revere the snake and, consequently, its likeness appears on Paiwan clothing and totem carvings. Eating snake meat is prohibited for the Paiwan.
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The Paiwan tribe is centered with Mt. Tawu, scattering in radiation in Kaohsiung, Pingtung and Taitung counties with a population of 60,000. Based on inhabitation area and culture performance, the Paiwan tribe can be categorized into North Paiwan, Central Paiwan, South Paiwan, and East Paiwan.
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The Paiwan tribe is particularly developing woodcarving among aborigines. The house is demonstrative of an aristocrat class. Beams and wooden implements are carved with lines, showing a theme of a figure, head, snake, hog, and deer or some other animals.
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Ethnologue and bibliography information on Paiwan. ... Classification Austronesian, Paiwan ... Li, Chao-lin. 2006. "On grammaticalization of motion verb in Paiwan."
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SIL bibliography listing for Adverbials in Paiwan ... 2006. "Adverbials in Paiwan." Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17-20 January 2006, Palawan, Philippines. Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Paiwan language,
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HeyPaiwan Project, Paiwanese, Learn about the Paiwanese Culture from the island of Taiwan. Learn about the History, Music, and People of Paiwan Culture.
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He suggested that Paiwan people to visit Okinawa after a convention. This convention was held to recall the Mudan Village Incident, which happened 130 years ago. ... During the press conference, Township mayor Lin Jiesi appealed that the government should mark it as a special or national day, such as 228 incident or...
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