My friend Richard from Barking Deer Tours has some nice posts and pictures that are worth checking out. I’m still trying to find time to write more about our last trip.
Pictures of Mingtzu, Mingchuan and Mingshen after Typhoon Morakot
I finally made it up to Namasia on Sunday and Monday with Richard from Barking Deer Tours. We were expecting to stay longer but both my sons came down with a fever so I returned to Tainan early. Actually it was depressing up there, it would have been hard to stay around up there much [...]
Mala-ta-ngia: Bunun Coming of Age Festival 布農打耳祭
Here is an article about the Bunun Tribe’s coming of age ceremony that was originally published here.
A Bunun man from Taipei
This year I didn’t publish an article on the festival so all the pictures are new.
A Hsiaolin Pingpu Tribeswoman
by Rich Matheson
Taiwan has twelve remaining aboriginal groups of which the Bunun tribe ranks number four. Mala-ta-ngia [...]
Morakot Pictures with Comments
Didn’t have time to put comments with the photos last post, so will re-post with comments. If you don’t want comments and want quicker loading pictures, click here.
Eric, Richard and Wanee with a truck of supplies for Namasia. We took three truck loads up from Tainan and still have lots of stuff to bring up. [...]
Tainan Foreigner Assistance Center Grand Opening
I attended the Tainan Foreigner Assistance Center’s grand opening last Monday. Wasn’t expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised with the lovely space provided for the office headquarters. They must have some cash behind them. Let’s see what they can do.
Worth checking out for the free publications, I was particularly pleased with ‘The Splendor of an [...]
Jiashen to Shiaolin
We drove into Jiashen with some food for the villagers who are still in Namasia today. The road is rough from Jiashen to Namasia, so the supplies will be carried the rest of the way on Friday. It will be transported by blue truck convoy or, possibly, a jeep club from Taipei who volunteered for [...]
Namasia
Two quick links from the same blog:
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/imagelight/12479300
and:
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/imagelight/12478880
Namasia. Another Update
My wife’s oldest brother was flown around the area by helicopter, so I asked him a few questions.
For those who know or have stayed at Falas, it seems it is still there. The Longfeng waterfall river is wider and the actual waterfall may be even more spectacular.
I wonder if there will still be two falls? [...]
Refugee Camps, Namasia, Holy Mt Zion and Roads.
Namasia Township villagers are now being housed in two barracks. Ming Tzu, the worst hit, is with Taoyuan County villagers in Yanchao and Ming Chuan and Ming Shen villagers are in Jiuchu (九曲) in Da Shu Township.
We were in Jiuchu today. Simple, clean(except the toilets), and comfortable. The buildings are certainly built a lot better [...]
