Bunon 布農族

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History

Legend has it that in ancient times, one day a gourd fell from the sky, and after it was split, a pair of men and women walked out of the gourd. The descendants of this pair of men and women are the Bunon people today. Another legend says that there were two caves in ancient times. Naihai bugs made the feces into the shape of a ball, and then poured them into the two caves. A man appeared in one of the caves, and a woman appeared in the other. Become a husband and wife, and giving birth to their children who become the ancestors of various communities.

Clothes

• Black & Pink & Cyan & Yellow & Red & Dark blue.
• Rectangles pattern. 
• Straight stripes pattern.   
  
• Horizontal stripes pattern.
  
• Triangles pattern.
• Broad-sided diamond pattern on the back of a hundred step snake.
  

Ritual (in Bunon language)

• Ma-naq-tainga. ( It is the most important ritual for the growth of children)
  

It is a way to train the combat ability of hunting, to establish the value of individual life, and to obtain social recognition. It is a required course of adult etiquette.

It is usually held before dawn. Only men can participate. Boys under six or seven Those who can walk, talk, and listen must participate.

It has the educational significance of a strong spirit of unity, which symbolizes shooting the enemy's head outside and unity and friendship at home. Therefore, the ear-shooting sacrifice is not only a religious sacrifice, but also has social, educational, economic and political functions.

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