Saisiyat 賽夏族

Features

• Distributed in Hsinchu and Miaoli.
  
• An ethnic group with the deepest cultural crisis.
  
• Patriarchal society. 
• Headhunting. (Has disappeared.)

History

According to the legends of the Saisiyat tribe, the surviving brothers and sisters married and gave birth to children during the flood period. Then the children's flesh, bones, stomach, and intestines were decomposed and thrown into the sea to become the ancestors of various tribes and nations.

Clothes

• TapangaSan. 
  
• White & Red & Black.
• Linen. 
  

Ritual (in Saisiyat language)

• Pastaay. (Dwarf Spirits ritual)

Legend has it that the Saisiyat people are cursed by the surviving Taai (Dwarves) people, so rituals are held every year to mourn and appease the souls of Taai, and pray that the dwarf will no longer bring harm to the people.

• Pasbaki. (Ancestral spirits ritual)
  

It is mainly to worship the dead ancestors.

Another purpose of Ancestral spirits ritual is to identify family members and become a member of the family through rituals.

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