A future for Taiwan's indigenous people | DW Documentary

[@Armins645]

We don’t hear enough of the natives from Taiwan. Glad the GOV there is finally giving their culture a chance at survival.

[@GyacoYu]

There are much more information in Mandarin. It's simply not enough info in English.

[@GyacoYu]

Most indigenous people are pro-Chinese Kuomintang in every election because the DPP is actively assimilating them into the Hokkien majority. The GOV did an average job in preserving indigenous culture, but still better than the "Indian reservation" system in the United States.

[@sean9321]

@@GyacoYu pretty sure it's because KMT spent 60 years "making friends" with indigenous tribes. DDP did not have such robust connection when democracy kicked off. There's no evidence on DDP want to assimilate indigenous into Hokkien majority. On the other hand indigenous community won't be speaking Mandarin without KMT.

[@GyacoYu]

Sean M Are you insulting the indigenous tribe to be dumb so that whoever "make friend" with them can force them give all their vote to them? I trust the indigenous peoples in Taiwan and believe they have enough wisdom to choose whoever good to them. The DPP portray all Hoklo (Hokkien) people to be with indigenous blood thus can "represent" the indigenous peoples. Many indigenous tribes have been annoyed by those fake indigenous claimants.

[@kevinsusanto7412]

@@GyacoYu I agree, han taiwanese trying to make taiwan native going extinct

[@monicapachikerl284]

It's such an honor to be a Taiwan indigenous... I really hope this initiative can help younger people connect to their roots. Our identity and pride as native people should not be forgotten.

[@ProximaCentauri88]

Respect to you my Austronesian sibling. I belong to the Malayo-Polynesian group. Bikol to be specific. What language to you speak?

[@notme6753]

Thank you for bringing the Austronesian language to many countries... Such a cool language and I'm honored to be speaking one of it. (Tagalog)

[@aqimjulayhi8798]

You guys are our ancestral relatives. I hope you guys will continue to thrive. Greetings from us Austronesians down south.

[@hyewon_6311]

I'm from Indonesia. I love my ancestor.

[@cosmoray9750]

" Taiwan is recognizing it's culture diversity in contrast to neighboring China " Wow. What a load of Propaganda. China has 56 official ethnic groups recognized....look it up. Whether this so called reporter is willfully ignorant or trying to demonize the main land. Whatever the case it is I think it is both.

[@kanalevi]

Our Austronesian ancestors migrated from native Taiwan. Been looking for a content like this, we need more of it. THANKS THIS CHANNEL HAS EVERTHING

[@liasilia]

I know this doesn’t make a difference but I hope it reaches someone who belongs to this culture. I am Pacific Islander, my family is Tongan, Fijian and Samoan. I am proud that our ancestors come from this place. The culture, the language and the ways they knew to survive they brought to the islands 3000 years ago. Who we are started with this place and the people who left their home 🥹. Even though I’m Pacific Islander I’m proud to carry on our ancestors legacy even though we’re very different now ❤️.

[@niltondossantos9790]

Respect from my country🇹🇱🇹🇱 to Taiwan Indigenous people(Austronesian)

[@datukrajo1807]

East timor is not related with Taiwanese aborigines. Your skin is dark and has a frizzly or curly hair. Even we Indonesian can notice the different between you and the Other Indonesian (Javanese,Sumatran, Sulawesi and Kalimantan). East Timorese is actually Melanesian or Papuan who adopted Austronesian as their language but not genetically. East Timorese is on the same group as Alorese, Moluccan and Papuan.

[@brycepardoe658]

@@datukrajo1807 the op was expressing solidarity for all indigenous. Not saying they were literally the same people.

[@FirstLast-uq7bn]

@@datukrajo1807 Austronesian group are genetically related., the admixtures rates of each groups that made the diffrence. Doesnt mean people of eastern indonesia dont share dat mongoloid genes at all. I mean how they share same language if they havent met before, and when they met years ago dont you think non of them married each other. Even you as malay have some austroloid on you, thats why malay bit darker than typical east asian, otherwise youd looked exactly like the formosan

[@kemalmusthafa779]

@@datukrajo1807 language has nothing to do with genetics. Even though Timor Leste people have dominant melanesian admixture in their genetics, some of them speak austronesian language, so they're still considered as austronesian, too.

[@momojack1123]

@@datukrajo1807 sotoy lu..Orang Timor punya Gen Austronesia..walau campuran melanesia..kecuali orang Papua yang tidak memiliki gen Austronesia.. Saya orang Timor..Saya tidak terlihat seperti orang Melanesia..Tapi saya mengakui Saya punya gen Melanesia..

[@lahaes]

Love from Samoa 🇼🇸 and the Pacific Islands to our fellow Austronesian brothers and sisters

[@reynanteramos5852]

Uso.

[@johndoe5346]

@@rush6837 Lima gang

[@ozzo870]

The Austronesian Motherland! We Pay our respects to the indigenous peoples fighting for their identity!

[@rustiegorospe755]

Atayal of Taiwan are racially related to the Filipino Igorots from the northern Philippines 🇵🇭!

[@jhleeify1]

Indeed, I’ve heard that the languages are so similar and some of Taiwan indigenous peoples can talk to some Filipinos.

[@tomyjileyjiley5788]

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕👎👎👎

[@k.3004]

Jacky Phantom Because of the exchange between chinese settlers. Austronesian people came from Formosa (Taiwan) Even in Hainan island some austronesian people resided there before Han colonized it and kicked them out.

[@sunnyfield3090]

@Jacky Phantom Similar features I can tell you that (except for the lady coordinator who certainly has a bit of chinese ancestry). Some Igorot tribes tend to be much lighter than tanned though (probably because of the climate).

[@Minerxtreme]

Tomy jiley Jiley bobo

[@Taffee]

Hope the efforts pay off. Love from neighbours/cousins down south. Indonesia 🇮🇩❤️🇹🇼

[@dongxi2962]

🇹🇼🤝🇲🇨

[@socialistsolidarity]

When I visited Taiwan, I really enjoyed learning about their Indigenous culture. I hope they continue to preserve it.

[@takeoutsht5099]

Proud to be Atayal 🇹🇼

[@jawijawijawi5047]

Hi I am from Malaysia! Hope you are having a good day! Love Atayal culture!

[@Jeda5479]

You have to be proud of your culture. A culture that derived many great culture from Madagascar to Easter Island, from Formosa to New Zealand. Only great culture that's able to produce people who can read the sky to navigate the ocean, build great stone structures such as Borobudur and Prambanan temple in Java where I am from and stone mega sculpture in Easter Island, carve terracing paddy fields in hilly terrain. All of us the descendants of Austronesia people pay respect to the place where our ancestors came from and begging you who are the keeper of our ancestors land to preserve our ancestor's culture as we have done in the land of Austronesia people, spread almost half of the globe.

[@benmike8296]

I am from Taiwan and this is a nice video to show another perspective of Taiwan to the world. Thanks DW as always, you are the best media ever.

[@DWDocumentary]

Aww thank you!!!

[@hollywaz]

DW you have been essential watching during this corona virus lockdown. Insightful and well reasoned reports. My KZbin documentary channel.

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

​@@DWDocumentary The "best media ever" ?

[@liganiwau7667]

Please respect indigenous people of Taiwan 🌺🐗.respect from native Itaukei indigenous peoples of Fiji island South Pacific 🌺🐗.

[@islandvibez]

Did you know that Han settlers used to defecate on the land they wish to claim, since the aboriginals believed a defecated land is tainted?

[@user-ym1bs7om9e]

these people are the ancestors of MaPhilIndo - Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia.

[@neilbonotan8720]

pagpag invented that stupid word

[@hallooos7585]

And ancestors of Madagascar and Pacific islanders

[@hectortongcua8885]

​@@neilbonotan8720 ga go

[@kzm-cb5mr]

@@neilbonotan8720 Neil Bobotan happened

[@haikyu6515]

Philippines has 180+ Austronesian Languages and 175+ ethnic Austronesian group 🇵🇭 greetings from Philippines their traditional clothing are similar to one of ethnic Austronesian ethnic groups in Philippines .

[@dmnchannel383]

Much respect from your fellow Austronesian Family.. 🇲🇨

[@rossrose1534]

💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@Ibrahim_Hidayat]

Monaco

[@deanbowie3774]

​@@Ibrahim_Hidayatwrong

[@gungatz6696]

Respect for the continues and dedicated efforts to preserve your culture ✌️ from PH 🇵🇭

[@faanengaaw7357]

Im a Pacific islander from Micronesia & we have so much in common with Taiwans aborigines.

[@robot8672]

micronesia is a part of the Philippines but sold by Spain

[@robot8672]

also taiwan

[@faanengaaw7357]

@@robot8672 Micronesia was never part of the Philipines. If anything Philipines maybe a part of Micronesia.

[@robot8672]

@@faanengaaw7357 maybe

[@robot8672]

@@faanengaaw7357 if the Philippines would be part of micronesia then we call that macronesia

[@myworldmusic3426]

I love this channel. DW documentaries are great and they are very informative on a lotof cultures. Thanks DW we love you !

[@greghelton4668]

I’ve been to Taiwan three dozen times and it’s a lovely place. The indigenous people resemble the people of the South Pacific people such as the Samoans. In the extreme south more so. The flow of history is an ethereal thing.

[@lunafringe10]

thats your impression only because you probably didnt understand what they said abt you hehe

[@xolang]

Taiwan is the cradle of the Austronesian language family which, from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile to Madagascar off Africa's east coast, covers an area of 15(!) nautical time zones, from GMT-7 where Rapa Nui is located, GMT-8, -9, -10.. crossing the date line .. then further westwards to GMT+6, +5, +4 and finally GMT+3 where Madagascar is located. Samoa is of course part of this family, which extends up to New Zealand in the south.

[@uncledan2u]

Love from a Malay from Malaysia 🇲🇾. I love my Astronesian - Polynesian brothers and sisters.

[@gregbrogan9061]

I remember, as a kid, Taiwan only recognized 9 different indigenous groups. Good to see more focus and appreciation for their unique cultures now. I also remember going to Hualien and traveling up Taroko Gorge and seeing little old ladies with traditionally tattooed faces. They would speak their indigenous language and Japanese (from the colonial period) but would not speak Mandarin or Taiwanese. I remember feeling back then that, very sadly, soon these little only ladies would die out and their culture was being lost. I always felt more needed to be done to preserve their unique cultures. Very worth the effort.

[@yahooo949]

I didn't even know about the existence of the indigenous people in Taiwan until I watched the video. Thank you for creating a content on these people and giving them a voice.

[@sungai447]

The Chinese invaded the island many years back.the native shud take control of the land.

[@veijanhiedeijat4774]

He looks my family. We are brothers, indeed we are a nation, even though we are from different countries. My ancestors came from there.

[@fishonado]

it's so weird that the Atayal look Filipino.....it's so sad that their culture has been so diliued and doesn't retain the commonality Filipino's Indonesians and Malay have maintained even when taken over by the Spanish, the Dutch and the Portuguese....when you have such a large population....there is so much you can control....which is why the root languages that we have stayed strong and culture we had before had still remained.

[@yournoneexistencefather5869]

They're the closest people related to the Filipinos.

[@Jash-0p]

Yep theyre almost filipino looking!

[@reynanteramos5852]

you can search the igorots of the cordillera region in the north part of the philippines and the Naga people in Nagaland North east part of India.and you will be amazed that they are very similar in appearance and culture.

[@johndoe5346]

@@reynanteramos5852 That's very surprising! I doubt the Naga people are related though, they are far away and they are sino-tibetan not austronesian.

[@khust2993]

there's nothing weird there lol

[@samiulbhuiyan]

How come you guys choose so different topic every time. Absolutely loved it. DW

[@DoItYourselfDIYAtHome]

Chen is fantastic. I hope that they can re-establish their mountain settlement.

[@liganiwau7667]

Marcus Garvey say people who don't know Any knowledge about his or her roots is like a tree grow with very less roots. .love from indigenous native of Fiji island. 🌺🐗.

[@liganiwau7667]

@Christopher Robinson Thanks.

[@hsutahsi]

It's great thing that government start to realise that they eliminated a lot unique culture due from the arrogance, ignorance, and greed in the past.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

I'm sad for the land of my ancestors The culture almost wiped by the Chinese Sending love from Indonesia ❤️🤍

[@Annie-pn4jo]

It’s sad that my ancestors were killed by your kinsmen in Indonesia… At least none were slaughtered, unlike Indonesia.

[@Annie-pn4jo]

You're an anti-Chinese racist. Given that your country has had a long history of anti-Chinese racism, you're just fear-mongering.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

@@Annie-pn4jo but it is true.

[@dreamadventure8220]

Your native identity culture is already wiped by musim

[@ansosboy8687]

Full Support for our Austronesian brother from Indonesia In the Island of Java 🇮🇩 Taiwan is also Austronesian mainland

[@faanengaaw7357]

Right when she said “i left my name their” i felt it!!! As an Austronesian we have a thing about leaving things or names to our loved ones when we pass on.... & we nvr compare what we have. Until we were allowed to travel to the US we learned life was more better there then here.

[@joyasmr7666]

We, the Bidayuh, indigenous tribe from Sarawak can also traced back our genes, and similarities to the Taiwan indigenous tribes. Keep surviving our fellow relatives!

[@thomasbramer7496]

As a Taiwanes-American, I wish that I can one day come here to discover my roots.

[@alimybad]

@Charles Darwin the founder of evolution 😂😂😂

[@yournoneexistencefather5869]

Are you an aboriginal or han?

[@eightbighillman]

President Tsai is both Hakka and aboriginal descent (a quarter Paiwan, second largest indigenous group in Taiwan, from her grandmother).

[@林立群-t5m]

She may be part hakka Aboriginal? Dont think so

[@traaotuong6107]

I don't think so. She looks full Han - Chinese.

[@islandvibez]

@@traaotuong6107 Han blood is like an autosomal dominant trait especially the epicanthic fold.

[@lasola3419]

Tsai's grandmother is Paiwanese from Shizi, Pingtung, she is a quarter Paiwan. Tsai has a Paiwan name called Tjuku.

[@kimeli]

@@lasola3419 damn, if i knew that i would not had voted for her.

[@hollywaz]

Excellent documentary. I had the pleasure of visiting the indigenous villages in Taiwan. My 2 years in Taiwan were memorable and am happy that their is now official recognition of the community and they dont need to assimilate to survive. Jiao Taiwan.

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

The government policy wasn't for "assimilation" but integration. As we can hear from the interviews and narration.

[@amitsangwan6187]

Indigenous people बुजुर्गों ओर माताओं बहन लोगो के चरणों में कोटि कोटि प्रणाम 🙏🙏🌳🌳RESPECT 🙏🙏!! जय मानवता की 🙏🙏!!

[@MarekPasieczny]

Thank you for making this document. I love Taiwan!

[@retimanahaerewa5430]

As Indigenous people or Tangata Whenua in New Zealand we connect spiritually also in our environment. Kia Kaha-Be Strong.

[@abuhuraira3685]

Culture survives to the extent it keeps up with the pace of contemporary social and economic values

[@lunafringe10]

not all that is contemporary is of value. Things have gotten out of hand a lot

[@peterwind8101]

It's hard to find a pure blooded indigenous person in Taiwan. Almost everyone is mixed with immigrants from the mainland. Just like in the americas, almost every native american actually has some ancestry from the colonists or imported slaves

[@frnk57]

你錯了

[@anomalianomali5080]

you are wrong, in taiwan it is the opposite, it is han-chinese taiwan who have high indigenous DNA

[@kukukakikakakkukaku]

Long lives for every indigenous ppl around the world! To us, SEA people, you all are our brothers and sisters, our ancestors 🙌

[@mrfin02]

Tongan here, love from the Tonga Islands

[@randyandy369]

Wow Native Tawainesee have similar language and culture with Indonesian

[@faustinuskaryadi6610]

Because Indonesian ancestors come from Taiwan.

[@superbamboo3384]

Same with Philippines

[@dreamadventure8220]

​@@faustinuskaryadi6610 but indosian are muslim now

[@xavierzerberus4562]

​@@dreamadventure8220yea they have no culture in common anymore.

[@miayle9545]

Indigenous Taiwanese are good at dancing and singing and sports (of course, maybe this is stereotypical) many singers and athletes represent in the Olympic game are Aboriginals.

[@rongli4350]

Love your program, so I decided to watch the ads!

[@yournoneexistencefather5869]

6:09 She looks like my classmate (a Filipina) and looks like she's pure aboriginal and not Chinese at all. So it's true that my ancestors came from here.

[@kapitansino9718]

Austronesian*

[@brylongtv3611]

In the eyes of westerner, she also looks like chinese. That’s why lots of southeast asian people are also victims of racism amidst pandemic.

[@rush6837]

Filipinos and the atayal people of taiwan share the same ancestry

[@leonidaslazos6828]

4:50 that wasn't the Taiwanese government, it was the Chinese nationalist government.

[@mandmsmapper8400]

Chinese nationalist government are Taiwanese government. Taiwanese government was the government who ruled China before China turned into Communist

[@brandon3872]

@@mandmsmapper8400 The Chinese Communist party has never controlled Taiwan. Taiwan is independent now.

[@roroforo5092]

@@mandmsmapper8400 No, it was Chinese nationalist government. The capital was in Nanjing, not taiwan.

[@SanjaySutradhar2021]

Once upon I used to listen to DW on Shortwave radio and have many QSL cards now still I keep in touch on FB and KZbin, times have changed good to watch these documentaries and ofcourse I do miss on radio too

[@lukmanhidayat3016]

I am Javanese,, salam Austronesian family..

[@rossrose1534]

Lol 😆 "Salam". Go away Muslim

[@anatharahadi]

@@rossrose1534 Dasar tidak tau toleransi kau

[@anatharahadi]

@@rossrose1534 Halah ntar diserang netizen Indonesia baru mampus kau

[@kimmyDaYang]

@@rossrose1534 Don't be racist to my fellow Austronesian siblings Greetings from Maritime Southeast Asia(Philippines)

[@venitakanavulautogia625]

Talofa and Malo Soifua from Samoa🇼🇸 Love to Taiwan 🇹🇼 and it's indigenous people. I hope one day you guys join the Pacific forum along with Indonesia and the Phillippines. And also work along closely with all the Pacific nations

[@wilfordpadio7531]

2:16 the mural is like from cordillera in the philippines

[@gregbacbac755]

and they look like Cordillera poeple in the Philippines, this info is so interesting, I believe taiwan wasn't part of China long long time ago ,then taken by China,look at the Geographic location it says it..

[@k.3004]

Greg Bacbac Austronesian people came from Formosa

[@MananagKiVato]

@@gregbacbac755 It's not been taken by China, the two sides have always been split. Just the old Chinese government fled to the island, but the government has since been reformed back to being Taiwan.

[@igorigorotov6567]

I am Cordilleran and I agree

[@getrekt8245]

She needs to learn the language 1st. Language is important to preserve the culture.

[@niamtxiv]

Exactly.

[@gungatz6696]

Yup, cultural heritage comes later

[@visitwave]

Taiwan should never come under China. Taiwan may lose the diversity... Taiwan should be given status of Independent Country

[@kimeli]

given by who?

[@roroforo5092]

Free Northeast. Northeast is not part of India.

[@visitwave]

@@roroforo5092 sure... will do it Along with Hong Kong

[@matthewmann8969]

They face so much racism from Han Chinese And Yayois as well as Mixed people's and other Non Austronesians

[@kimeli]

yeah, just like America.

[@andromedamessier3176]

@@kimeli duh like humans. Humans do what humans do.

[@elen9411]

Subtitles would be better, you cannot hear the language because of the dubbing.

[@calveenblair9225]

listening to their folk song, reminds me of my people in Borneo

[@Dowlphin]

Do you mean the one at 0:45? Reminded me of icaros.

[@YvetteArby]

Thank you for sharing this! Because of world politics, very little is discussed about Taiwan here in the US. 😿

[@cohendarwin5365]

US only know little about taiwan, but speak free Taiwan like bullshit.

[@MrSicc274]

Kia Ora from Aotearoa

[@scribblescratch3011]

Awesome love from your samoan family keep fighting

[@Dowlphin]

0:45 Sounds a bit like icaros from Amazonian natives.

[@Hijab_Diffusion]

i think they'r part of borneo dayak tribe, they share similar cultures and traits, unlike atayal, dayak aren't not discriminated, they're feared and respected.

[@officializham_2099]

They don't have great kingdoms and history . The dayaks

[@kunnu6752]

Austronesian Filipino have more in common to ancient Taiwan. And Dayak have more in common with indegineous Austronesian Filipino.

[@Hijab_Diffusion]

@@officializham_2099 they're not monarch genius

[@igorigorotov6567]

I am Igorot from Northern part of Philippines and I believe that these Taiwanese tribes we're our distant ancestor, they have similar culture, attire and tradition with us because we are Austronesians too

[@kapitansino9718]

Some people in the comment section is confused about Austronesian and Aboriginal.

[@rossrose1534]

I noticed. Austronesian is not a race. It's a language family group. But stupid people in comment section don't know that

[@CarbageMan]

Taiwan is not a part of China, and never was.

[@rotcataergeht]

Based on human history.. they usually settle this by wars. Winner is the keeper. Just a thought.

[@CarbageMan]

@@rotcataergeht Yes, that's why Japan agreed to free Taiwan in the Treaty of San Francisco after World War II. THERE'S your thought.

[@rotcataergeht]

@@CarbageMan Yes. It depends on luck.

[@CarbageMan]

@@rotcataergeht Luck has nothing to do with it. It's a matter of international law.

[@rotcataergeht]

@@CarbageMan you need to pray very hard.

[@brokenchopstickz]

I love Taiwan

[@edwardgrigoryan3982]

This is excellent. Glad to see some light shed on this topic.

[@yellowmixedpurple1751]

You are very welcome to the philippines. Our Austronesian family. We love you stay strong. Mahal ko kayo🏝️🥰❤️

[@lawrence1135]

Taiwanese aborigines are very lucky to have been absorbed into the (Han) Chinese civilization, unlike the other austronesians.

[@yellowmixedpurple1751]

@@lawrence1135 Big No. They steal their land. Taiwan island real owner are the Austronesian people of Taiwan. Where is the land now of austronesian people in taiwan?

[@lawrence1135]

@@yellowmixedpurple1751 Taiwan Austronesians are now citizens of the Chinese Emperor, and they are now part of Han civilization with superior Han culture. They live in a first-world country, whereas the other Austronesians are still languishing in the third world. China Strong 💪

[@kimmyDaYang]

@@lawrence1135 your being RACIST and RACIST

[@CarsSupercars]

DW produces best documentaries

[@nancyruba1702]

DW !! EXCELENTE DOCUMENTAL !! =D !!!

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi Nancy, much appreciated, but... please don´t use capital letters . Its consideres shouting and against our netiquette. Sorry

[@GyacoYu]

DW Documentary wait are you serious? capital letters are considered shouting?

[@Dowlphin]

@ DW Documentary - What an anal thing to say. 😜 Nancy is cheering for you and you tell her to keep it down? And to let the boomerang hit the origin: Writing "its consideres" doesn't quite bolster the journalistic theme of DW. 🤔 If this was RT, I would have assumed vodka was involved. 😄 P.S.: And I am writing this while drunk. 😆

[@assumptalyngdohmarshillong6740]

I love this Taiwan indigenous people. The traditional dress also like us khasi tribe in India.

[@uglybepis3571]

Indian tribes are Austro-asiatic not Austronesian.

[@assumptalyngdohmarshillong6740]

@@uglybepis3571 yes, we belong from austro Asiatic language family. In North East India most of the tribe are belong from Sino Tibetan language family. Sino Tibetan divided into tibeto burman languageso many group of language

[@igorigorotov6567]

I am Igorot from Northern part of Philippines and these people look like my people, we are Austronesian too perhaps they were our closest ancestors??

[@assumptalyngdohmarshillong6740]

@@igorigorotov6567 we are Austro Asiatic language and cultural family. May be we came from Vietnam or Maldive or Taiwan I don't know but in northeast India most of the tribe are belong from Tibeto-Burman burman language family. Only khasi language is in Austro Asiatic language family.

[@GTX311]

The ethnic groups in the Philippines who are close in culture and tradtions to the natives of Taiwan are those in the Batanes islands and the Igorots of the Cordillera region because they were less exposed to early European influence.

[@dandanfree2925]

The taiwan natives....the best people I have ever met.PERIOD

[@jacobeksor6088]

Montagnard Degar we have no indigenous rights. Love Taiwan indigenous

[@soundknight]

Wonderful, looks like a very eye opening place to visit.

[@stranger9951]

I wanted to hear how they spoke. They could have just put in subtitles and not dubbed it in English.

[@APRIL2862]

Tourist shouldn't be asked to clean up the environment, except for their own trash. This would definitely chase the tourist away.

[@uncledan2u]

It's volunteer work. Not much garage anyway. They only found one small plastic.

[@Therizinosaurus]

No audio?

[@IOXY3]

I don’t understand the thing with alcohol and indigenous people, this spans throughout the globe.

[@timothymolsomtuisum9848]

Love from Northeast India, Tripura State...

[@tanjagonzales5534]

I salute this lady..

[@CarlosMettal69]

Excelente! A vida pertence a todos!

[@Brahmdagh]

wow They do indeed look just a wee bit like pacific islanders.

[@labradorsofaustin1577]

Some of the old ladies look similar to Northern Ilokanos living at the northern tip of Luzon. This is super interesting.

[@labradorsofaustin1577]

@Ho Chi Wang don't you think that's irrelevant? It's common knowledge that the migration to Lu Zhong 魯中 came from Formosas. People move all the time. What's interesting is how similarities of peoples and cultures have been preserved. In the mountain province, the same color dress and dance are still practiced.

[@brattingprincess]

Taiwan is a polynesian island.

[@theunholysoul]

​@Ho Chi Wang, We Filipinos are not like China or Chinese our Government do not claim properties that do not belong to us. Also, If one is to look at the Austronesian and Polynesian DNA, the Filipinos of the northern part of the Philippines and the natives in Taiwan are related. That is a simple fact that cannot be altered by either the Communist Party of China nor the Kuomintang.

[@jwmoon1989]

They look like a mix of every Asian country in the east, similar to Okinawan.

[@lemnikim7388]

Wow! This Chen girl is ferocious. Good luck to her.

[@ashunknown9728]

So Taiwan is not a Chinese country

[@kimeli]

is America a white country?

[@anatharahadi]

​@@kimeli American is Indian Country

[@byronco4917]

I'm Filipino-chinese and these are our ancestors.

[@assonamor3647]

We have similar cultures.. We r the indigenous people of Malaysia.. Something happened to us.. We r losing out culture n losing our language.. People r force to leave our land to city.... Sad sad

[@uncledan2u]

Bro, awak balik ke Kampung halaman lama dan bina semula budaya hidup asli. Buat macam homestay. Tanam organik. Ramai orang akan datang. Semoga berhasil. Good luck🤞

[@davidfarley7235]

This was a short movie, so good, thank you so much for such an adventure. I want to visit Taiwan so bad!

[@rabbani8613]

Who is the first king name of native taiwan. Anyone know?

[@guybeauregard]

Chen is great! Nice to see footage from Laha Mebow's film too.

[@firstnamelastname-sh6bq]

Very few Taiwan Chinese are of aborigine heritage, most are straight-up Chinese from a genetic standpoint, 100% Han Chinese. If taiwanese want to say they are Taiwanese not Chinese, then I can say I'm Zhejangnese, not Chinese. Both are Austronesian tribes anyways. That and historical trade between Ninbo and Japan Hakata cannot be ignored.

[@alt-mz6qf]

Taiwan seems to be changing its identity from Chinese to Taiwanese aborigines. Mainland China must also be divided according to each ethnic group if it is to escape dictatorship.

[@muhamadmiftahurrizqi5909]

Hello from Indonesia

[@thalocal6443]

Most of the minority the tribal or hill people gets neglected . The similarities in the dance tradition and culture is undeniably identical to more than 100 tribes residing in northeast india sharing boundaries bet burma and china.. Theere must be something bigger waiting to be uncovered.. Abo tani Father tani

[@BimaMbojo-p4l]

Saya orang yang hidup di sebuah pulau di Indonesia MATA dan LIMA dua kata yang merupakan simbol persatuan orang Austronesia. MATA hati ❤❤❤ orang Austronesia Indonesia telah menjadi Pancasila yaitu LIMA dasar negeri orang Austronesia terbesar di Dua samudra Hindia dan samudera Pasifik. Bersatu dan menghargai dalam perbedaan dan itulah cara hidup orang Austronesia Indonesia ❤❤❤ salam persaudaraan kami untuk seluruh Austronesia ❤❤❤

[@wrhytz]

That chants are similar to those in the Cordillera mountain ranges. They hunt wild boars the same.

[@paulinehuang7273]

Love it!

[@ashunknown9728]

Chinese were immigrant even in Taiwan lol

[@Amelia_-qy9nz]

There is a saying in Chinese that Taiwan is the only successful Chinese colony in the world.

[@kimeli]

@@Amelia_-qy9nz Singapore? is there other Chinese colony?

[@janreybaldonado1974]

Indigenous people of taiwan, and Philippines southern part are same people, cultures. A warrios tribe

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

Personally, I believe tourism is a magnet for trouble, but also, really treated as a special zone, all over the world.