In order to promote ethnic integration and deepen cultural exchanges, the Aboriginal Culture Promotion Society of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology recently held the "Tsunami Hugging" Aboriginal Culture Day. The event was lively, fully showing the unique straightforward and enthusiastic atmosphere of the aborigines.

[Shu-Min Zhuo, Chair of the Indigenous People’s Cultural Promotion Society, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, has been actively promoting the aboriginal cultures of Taiwan. She hoped that through this series of activities, the students of the aboriginal and non-indigenous people could share the beauty of this traditional culture.]

The "Aboriginal Culture Day" of the Aboriginal Culture Promotion Society, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, was held for the first time in the school. The content of the event included many aboriginal specialties, traditional handicraft making, Aboriginal slate barbecue, etc. Participants could enjoy aboriginal food while watching the performance on stage. To promote the traditional handicrafts of Aboriginal people, the traditional handicraft making activity was arranged on site. There were Paiwan creative earrings, moon peach leaf weaving, glazed bead key rings, and glazed bead bracelets. The organizer also prepared 100 indigenous cup sets as gifts for the students participating in the event, help them learn and understand the wisdom and cultural skills of the indigenous ancestors.

[A scene of the performance by the Aboriginal Culture Promotion Society of the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology]

In addition to the traditional Aboriginal activities, this event also invited student clubs to perform. The Aboriginal Culture Promotion Society started the event, and the thunderous drums of the Lei Drum Club heated the atmosphere of the site, followed by many wonderful performances of the Ukulele Club, the Hip Research Club, and the Fire Dance Club. One Sediq alumnus—Awi Bawan—was invited to return to school to make a particular performance for this event. He integrated The spirit of the aboriginal people into his fire dance. As he stated, his performance was to convey the fierceness and courage of the male aboriginal people during the battle, showing the idea of seeking victory and the nostalgia of hometown after the war. Another performance conveyed the blessing and prayer that men who leave the hometown can return safely when the tribe settles and guards. The aboriginal culture should not decline with the passage of time, so the two cultures are combined with each other to open up a new directions and a way.

[The "Aboriginal Culture Day" organized by the Aboriginal Culture Promotion Society of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, was successfully concluded.]

Shu-Min Zhuo said that she was not an aboriginal; yet, because she loved the aboriginal culture, so she participated in the Aboriginal Culture Promotion Society. She believes that modern young people should have a deep understanding of aboriginal cultures, and she hopes that through a series of activities of the Aboriginal Culture Day, aboriginal and non-aboriginal students can share the beauty of this traditional culture. In the future, the society will continue to promote aboriginal cultures and promote integrations of ethnic groups, thereby pulling up the centripetal force and cohesion among people.

[Aboriginal handicraft experiencing activity attracted many students.]

[Aboriginal Culture Day invited a Sediq alumnus to perform his original fire dance.]

[Aboriginal food vendor]

[Lei Drum Club was making their performance.]