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The most important tribal activity is the annual harvest festival held around the 15th of August.
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Traffic：Take buses operated by Tingtung Bus. Get off at Nanwang Clan or Pinglang Village.
Place：Wutai Elementary School, Wutai, Pingtung County
Tel：089-7902234
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The Rukai
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| Rukai, one of the aboriginal tribes in Taiwan, inhabit the mountains separating Hsinchu and Miaoli counties, with the approximately 7,000 people. |
villages distribute throughout both sides of Central Mountain Range in the southern part of Taiwan. Wutai, a mountain township of Pingtung County, is the major settlement of Rukai eight villages, and Dananshe of Benan town in Taitung County over the Central Mountain is inhabited by part of Rukai. The Rukai has population more than 8,000, and they believe the sun and hundred-pacer snakes are the symbol of the Rukai ancestors according to legend. The most important tribal activity is the annual harvest festival held around the 15th of August. In addition to Wutai, the Rukai living in Dananshe of Benan in Taitung County also hold their harvest festival at Danan Elementary School (Tel: 089-381368) between July and August.
●Activities
The Joint Harvest Festival of the Rukai
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| Rukai, one of the aboriginal tribes in Taiwan, inhabit the mountains separating Hsinchu and Miaoli counties, with the approximately 7,000 people. |
in Wutai is held in Wutai Elementary School. It features a series of activities including swinging contests, throwing competition, ritual ceremonies, sing and dancing. During the ceremony of the divination by baking millet biscuits to predict the future of the tribe, which is an important part of the festival, the men from every tribe perform warrior dancing in turn. In the afternoon, the ceremonies of blessing for soul and men's praying are presented. Women play at the swing when the ceremony of men's praying is in progress because women are prohibited from this ritual. The ritual of sprinkling Holy Water, which is an expression of thanks for the blessing of God, marks the end of all the ceremonies and the beginning of a new year. The Rukai believe that the sprinkling of Holy Water can bring them the blessing of God, wisdom, health, and a peaceful life.
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