Paiwan people: Difference between revisions
In February 2015, Li Lin, the oldest Paiwan with hand tattoos, died at the age of 102. Li Lin had her hand tattoos starting at the age of 14 before marrying a village head as a common girl.{{Cite web |last=China (Taiwan) |first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of |date=2015-02-10 |title=Paiwan elder with hand tattoo dies at 102 |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10&post=21366 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Taiwan Today |language=en}} She played a large role in promoting the cultural art form and continues to be an icon of cultural identity even in her death.{{Cite news |date=February 10, 2015 |title=Paiwan Elder with Hand Tattoo Dies at 102 |language=en |work=Taiwan Today |url=http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=227312&ctNode=2229&mp=9 |access-date=December 3, 2015}}
In February 2015, Li Lin, the oldest Paiwan with hand tattoos, died at the age of 102. Li Lin had her hand tattoos starting at the age of 14 before marrying a village head as a common girl.{{Cite web |last=China (Taiwan) |first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of |date=2015-02-10 |title=Paiwan elder with hand tattoo dies at 102 |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10&post=21366 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Taiwan Today |language=en}} She played a large role in promoting the cultural art form and continues to be an icon of cultural identity even in her death.{{Cite news |date=February 10, 2015 |title=Paiwan Elder with Hand Tattoo Dies at 102 |language=en |work=Taiwan Today |url=http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=227312&ctNode=2229&mp=9 |access-date=December 3, 2015}}
== Clothing ==
Those of the indigenous Paiwan group have a unique kind of clothing scheme with details that differentiate societal class, gender, and ceremonies. Materials used for clothing started out as [[Bark (botany)|bark]] fibers and pelts, but [[linen]], [[cotton]], and [[wool]] fabrics later became popular. The men wear circular-collar long-sleeved short chest coverings with buttons down the front and kilts, and a shawl slung over the shoulder. Women of the indigenous group as well wear circular-collar robes but with buttons going down along their right side with panel skirts, and leggings. In addition, they wear head scarves, elaborate head rings, or forehead bands. In solemn ceremonies, Paiwan men wear ceremonial headwear, long vests, leg coverings, and sword baldrics. As for dance attire there is no difference in clothing, however it is common to wear one’s nicest clothes for special occasions. When children grew up and were about to get married, the mothers personally made their traditional clothing for them.
Intricate and grand patterns, totems, and clothing are exclusively for nobles and the chief in the Paiwan group. Be it designs with human heads, human figures or hundred pace vipers, these patterns are used to decipher those of high class society from the rest of the members belonging to the group. The chief and others belonging to the high society of the Paiwan people also use tattoos to distinguish themselves, too. Commoners with special achievements are honored with tattoo(s) on their body and/or hands.
[[Embroidery]] is popularly done with bright colors over dark, commonly black, backgrounds. Embroidery is important to the Paiwan people because it is used for Telling stories, sharing one’s memories, and legends/folktales. Hundred-pacer snakes, elements, and symbols such as the Sun and Sun god are used solely for the nobility. These represent and bring power to those who have these symbols. Designs with human heads and ancestral spirits signifies protection, while warriors and crossed-shaped patterns are symbols shamans can use to ward off evil. Patterns with hunting knives and animals are common as well, and when you see butterflies it is to symbolize innocent young girls, as flowers and grass are for ordinary people.{{Cite web |date=2010-12-20 |title=Paiwan |url=https://www.cip.gov.tw/en/tribe/grid-list/E8D1B17F6A81D678D0636733C6861689/info.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=The web site of Council of Indigenous Peoples |language=English}}{{Cite journal |last=Kwok |first=Madeline |date=1978 |title=Dance and Cultural Identity among the Paiwan Tribe of Pingtung County, Taiwan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1477845 |journal=Dance Research Journal |volume=11 |issue=1/2 |pages=35–40 |doi=10.2307/1477845 |issn=0149-7677}}{{Cite web |date=2019-04-04 |title=Rhythms Monthly 247 {{!}} Tzu Chi |url=https://tzuchiculture.org/rhythms-monthly-247/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |language=en-US}}
==Religion==
==Religion==
Second-largest indigenous people in Taiwan
The Paiwan (Paiwan: Kacalisian) are an indigenous people of Taiwan. They speak the Paiwan language. In 2014, the Paiwan numbered 96,334. This was…
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