2022 Taitung Blue Ocean Daily— Reinvigorating the 4 major sea leisure destinations to create oceanic life amidst our slow economy

TAITUNG COUNTY, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 21 September 2022 – This 12 months, the Taitung County Authorities has launched a brand new sea leisure model—Blue Ocean Every day. On September 17, a gap ceremony was held on Shan Yuan Seaside which was graced by elders from the Fulafulangan Amis tribe and Kimokeo Basis of Hawaii—the worldwide Austronesian maritime tradition group was invited to Taiwan for the primary time. The tribesmen introduced their distinctive tribal rituals and blessed the graduation of the occasion. Sand sculptors have been additionally invited to take Taitung’s 4 main marine leisure websites and initiatives like “Shanyuan Bay: South Island”, “Cultural Outrigger Canoe”, “Jinzun SUP”, “Fluvial Lake Canoe”, “Inexperienced Island Deep Diving” because the theme to carve sand sculptures onsite. The attendants of the ceremony, with their oars, held an oar sticking ceremony which formally introduced the start of the 2022 Taitung Blue Ocean Every day.

April Yao, mayor of Taitung County, expressed that Taitung has the longest shoreline in Taiwan with two pearls on the ocean: Inexperienced Island and Orchid Island, Jinzun Fishing Port, a world class browsing sanctuary, and a dwelling lake connecting with the ocean. With a spectacular setting, the Taitung County Authorities endeavors to develop a pure and actual financial system mannequin to repeatedly invigorate the ocean leisure bases locations and in addition develop and promote water actions. The Blue Ocean Every day helps to advertise and deepen the prolific leisure experiences in Taitung. Because the Blue Ocean Every day goes worldwide, it focuses on three core values: the promotion of ocean tradition, regional revitalization and cultural alternate, in addition to connecting Taitung with the world.

The four-week Blue Ocean Every day has 16 water leisure occasions to be skilled. The county authorities not solely invited Kimokeo Kapahulehua (Unkle Ok), a world-class performer from Hawaii, but in addition launched an Austronesian outrigger canoe to permit guests to expertise the every day ocean life in Taitung. The Blue Ocean Every day has additionally launched tour packages with native tour teams, these packages embrace 7 outrigger canoe journeys, 4 SUP expertise occasions, 4 canoe journeys, and 1 minibike tour. Throughout the gala, the tour begins on the sea ground, with thrilling guided-tours in the course of the day and star watching journeys at evening to current the allure of sea-land-air excursions on the Inexperienced Island to guests. On this occasion, exchanges between native tutorial teams and worldwide organizations will probably be held. A global Austronesian maritime tradition group can also be invited to lecture college students at native faculties in regards to the core of indigenous tradition and pure ecology. The occasion additionally promotes in-depth cultural exchanges between Hawaiian teams with native tribes/communities. As a part of connecting Taitung to the world, the county authorities is raring to make experiencing every day life within the sea extra various and profound.

Yu Ming-Hsun, Director of the Taitung County Tourism Division, emphasised how September 22 is a big day with historic significance: September 22 would be the day the legacy is sustained and on the identical day the Taitung County Authorities will maintain the Oceanic Austronesian Tradition That includes Indigenous Tribal Expertise in collaboration with the Kimokeo Basis of Hawaii and native tribes. Contributors will problem long-distance crusing throughout the ocean on outrigger canoes in Taiwan. The canoes will depart from Shan Yuan Seaside and sail for about 30 km to the normal waters of the Dulik tribe to recreate the normal saluo: a visitation finished with canoes. The tribes on the shore will reply with horns and obtain the guests from the ocean in accordance with the Amis custom, leaving all with good reminiscences on this Blue Ocean Every day. The historical past of the Austronesian tribes visiting one another and sustaining friendship on outrigger canoes has exceeded three thousand years, with Taiwan as their dwelling.

The Blue Ocean Every day will restore the artwork of celestial navigation in historic instances and proceed to advertise the distinctive allure of outrigger canoes and the magnificent seas effectively into the longer term.

For extra info, please go to Taitung Blue Ocean Every day’s FB web page: https://www.fb.com/profile.php?id=100083162535238

Please join the Ocean Enjoyable Expertise on the Taitung Enjoyable Card web site: https://www.ttfuncard.tw/zh-TW?tag=971644c7-72da-4505-a17b-51c4dacadc27

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