Growing up, Lianes Punanang dreaded riding through the mountain pass to the west of her village because it was said to be haunted by malevolent spirits. Today, a plaque designates the pass as the ...

TAIPEI — Everything about pop star Abao is musical. Her earrings jangle as she talks, and her deep belly laughter punctuates her conversations. She spontaneously breaks into song while explaining the ...

Paiwan Miller, 78, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida passed away Saturday, July 27, 2024, at home. She was born July 4, 1946, in Ubon, Thailand to parents, Chan and Kai Sooksharan. Paiwan married Otis ...

A campaign to preserve Paiwan Tribe Aboriginal witchcraft has been launched in a small township in Pingtung County. Wong Yu-hua (翁玉華), head of the social affairs section of the Chunrih Township (春日) ...

The Maljeveq festival, a colorful indigenous celebration featuring ancestor rituals, ceremonies to ward off evil spirits, dancing, feasting, food offerings and singing, is the cultural highlight of ...

MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa Prefecture--A massacre of dozens of shipwrecked Ryukyu islanders in Taiwan over a century ago was the trigger for a power play that echoes today. Descendants of the two ethnic ...