2022 Taitung Blue Ocean Daily—Taitung’s First Ever Long-Distance Outrigger Canoe Challenge Rediscovers the Glory of the Austronesian Origin Point

TAITUNG, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 30 September 2022 – Taitung launched its new Taitung Blue Ocean Every day pageant on September 17 at 4 of the county’s iconic maritime venues: Shanyuan Bay, Jinzun, Flowing Lake, and Inexperienced Island. There can be 5 weeks of actions between these well-known areas. Many paid a go to to Shanyuan to witness the spectacle that’s the Outrigger Canoe. For this yr’s occasion, Kimokeo Kapahulehua (Unkle Okay), a world skilled from Hawaii, was invited to share his story about how his Austronesian ancestors hundreds of years in the past sailed from Taiwan to Hawaii on canoes. Unkle Okay arrived in Taiwan to sail on the Outrigger to additional join along with his ancestors. On Thursday, 22 September, the Taitung County Authorities collaborated with Kimokeo Basis in Hawaii, and the native Duli tribe to endure the problem to sail a long-distance on an outrigger canoe on Taiwanese waters for the primary time. The canoe departed from the coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean and sailed in the direction of the normal waters of the Duli tribe, establishing a significant milestone for the 2022 Taitung Blue Ocean Every day.

The Austronesian Tradition feat. Indigenous Tribal Life Expertise was held on Thursday, September 22, marking the primary time Taiwan has ever sailed within the Pacific Ocean alongside the coast on an outrigger canoe. When the outrigger canoe sailed close to Pacefongan, the normal waters of the Duli tribe, sailors blew by means of conch shells to announce their go to. In the meantime, the individuals shoreside responded pleasant by blowing bamboo horns in a canoe welcoming ceremony. After the outrigger canoe efficiently landed on the shore, the elders offered the oarsman on the outrigger canoes with the normal Amis ornaments to specific their welcome. The outrigger canoe was named Pera (that means the ocean water splits) after the rocks on the river mouth on the Duli tribe as a way to re-establish custom and camaraderie among the many islands of the Austronesian tribes.

After the canoe welcome ceremony, the Duli tribe invited the representatives from the Kimokeo Basis of Hawaii to go to the Amis People Middle to conduct a home worship ceremony and fired blanks from bamboo cannons to salute and bless the guests in addition to to share the legacy of the Amis tradition.

The Taitung County Authorities claims that Taiwan is the house of the Austronesian tribes. Taitung is residence to six Austronesian tribes: Paiwan, Bunun, Rukai, Pinuyumayan, Yami (Tao), and Kavalan tribes. As Taitung is the one county with essentially the most indigenous tribes in Taiwan, these tribes assist type Taitung’s various native tradition. Because the Austronesian tribes have over 3000 years of historical past constructing connections and friendships amongst the island nations by crusing throughout the Pacific Ocean on outrigger canoes, therefore Taiwan is the homeland of the Austronesians. The Taitung County Authorities intends to re-create the cultural legacy of the Austronesian tribes and introduce the varied tribal cultures, the longest and essentially the most lovely shoreline in Taiwan, in addition to the distinctive attraction of the native seaside metropolis to the world.

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