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About
The Return of Gods and Ancestors is the first locally made ethnographic film in Taiwan. The film, captured with a hand-cranked Bell & Howell 16 mm camera, documents the most magnificent five-year ceremony in Paiwan tribe.
During the festival, the Paiwan people expect to receive blessings of the gods and ancestors by piercing rattan balls with extended bamboo poles; however, they also try to prevent any harm caused by evil spirits.
The Paiwan five year ceremony is not only the reunion of the dead and the living, but a meeting of the old and the new.
Subjects:
Indigenous Studies:
Keywords:
- Taiwan
- China
- Republic of China
- Paiwan
- Ritual
- Ceremony
- Ceremonial Ritual
- Ceremonial Practices
- Southern Taiwan
- Japanese
- Japanese Rule
- Japanese Colonial Government
- Government Ban
- Revival
- Cultural Revival
- Revitalization
- Cultural Revitalization
- Japanese Occupation
- Japanese Occupation of Taiwan
- Japanese Rule of Taiwan
- Pingtung
- Pingtung County
- Neiwen
- Neiwen Village
- Shizi
- Shizi Township
- Taiwanese Township
- Dawu Mountain
- North Dawu Mountain
- Ancestors
- Ancestor Worship
- Village Tradition
- Taiwanese Tradition
- Taiwanese History
- Chinese History
- Shaman
- Shamanism
- Belief System
- Ethnic Revival
- Cultural Preservation
- Taitung
- Taitung County
- Southern Taiwan
- Taiwanese Customs
- Ancestral Worship
- Veneration
- Veneration of Ancestors
- Spirit Worship
- Respect for Elders
- Respect for Ancestors
- Mythology
- Cosmology
- Family Tradition
- Catholicism
- Catholic Church
- Syncretism
- Religious Syncretism
- Cultural Syncretism
- Chiefs
- Village Chiefs
- Village Elders
- Elders
- Performance
- Ritual Performance
- Ritual Offering
- Spirit Offering
- Village Spirits
- Fortune
- Good Fortune
- Cultural Prestige
- Prestige
- Unity
- Cultural Unity
- Family Unity
- Superstition
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