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The Puyuma
The Puyuma, an indigenous group in Taiwan, mainly live in Taitung County They are also located in the east of the Central Taiwan Mountains, in the coastal areas south of the Beinan River, and in the southern mountains of the East Rift Valley. Their language belongs to the Austronesian language family. The group features a matriarchal society and has a population of 13,326, mainly engaged in farming. The traditional four major tribes of the Puyuma People are: (Nanwang) Puyuma, (Zhiben) Katratripul, (Jianhe) Kasavakan, and (Lijia) Likavung. High priest and head are set in the group, with the traditional religion and the Catholic Church as their belief. The most important handicraft is rattan basket-weaving.
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Puyuma

Puyuma (also Pinuyumayan) may refer to: the Puyuma people, tribe, are one of the tribal groups of the Taiwanese aborigines. The tribe is generally divided into the Chihpen and Nanwang groups, both resident in Taitung County on the east coast of Taiwan the Puyuma language, the language of the Puyuma people, a tribe of indigenous people on Taiwan (see Taiwanese aborigines). It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family. Most speakers are older adults the Puyuma Express, the express train operated by Taiwan Railway Administration Disambiguation icon This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Puyuma. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

Puyuma people

The Puyuma (Chinese: 卑南族; pinyin: Bēinán-zú; POJ: Puyuma-cho̍k, Pi-lâm-cho̍k), also known as the Peinan or Beinan tribe, are one of the tribal groups of the Taiwanese aborigines. The tribe is generally divided into the Chihpen and Nanwang groups, both resident in Taitung County on the east coast of Taiwan. In the year 2000 the Puyuma numbered 9,606. This was approximately 2.4% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the sixth-largest tribal group. [1] The Puyuma speak their tribal language as well as Standard Mandarin and Taiwanese. The Puyuma language, however, is dying. Peinan Site The earliest records of the Peinan Site were made by Ryuzo Torii, an anthropologist in the early period of the Japanese Occupation of Taiwan. During his four visits to Taiwan for anthropological research, he took two photos of the stone pillars on the ground surface at the Peinan Site Ethnic Puyuma A-mei, a Taiwanese pop singer, is an ethnic Puyuma. Samingad (紀曉君), Taiwanese aboriginal singer. Pur-dur (陳建年), Taiwanese aboriginal singer. Banai (巴奈), Taiwanese aboriginal singer.

Puyuma people

The Puyuma (Chinese: 卑南族; pinyin: Bēinán-zú; Pe?h-ōe-jī: Puyuma-cho?k, Pi-l?m-cho?k), also known as the Peinan or Beinan tribe, are one of the tribal groups of the Taiwanese aborigines. The tribe is generally divided into the Chihpen and Nanwang groups, both resident in Taitung County on the east coast of Taiwan. In the year 2000 the Puyuma numbered 9,606. This was approximately 2.4% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the sixth-largest tribal group.[1] The Puyuma speak their tribal language as well as Mandarin and Taiwanese. The Puyuma language, however, is dying. The name "Puyuma" means "unity" or "concord," and was originally the autonym of the speakers of the Nanwang dialect (Teng 2008). Zeitoun and Cauquelin (2006) also note that the word Puyuma can be analyzed as pu'-uma, which means "to send to the field."

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1 Puyuma communities center on the plains to the south of the Taitung longitudinal valley.

2 population of Puyuma now totals about 9,600. the well-known men’s house is the center for public affairs of the village, including adulthood ceremonies and warrior training.

3 In recent years, Puyuma villages has resumed the traditional annual rite and monkey festival.