Trip to 眉溪部落 Aboriginal Village (11/27-29)

張貼者：2014年12月1日 下午5:59Peter Lang   [ 黃德亮 已於 2014年12月13日 凌晨4:37 更新 ]

Our group photo just after arriving
Our class just came back from our big trip to Mei-Xi Village in Nantou county. The people living in Mei-Xi are from the Seediq tribe (賽德克族). They introduced the students to many facets of the their culture, including weaving, archery, hunting, traditional dance and music, traditional housing, and the way the tribe interacted with its environment. Our girls learned a lot and had a lot of fun along the way. 
The girls learning how to do traditional Seediq weaving with a local expert.
Cooking their own food on the first night. Everything was surprisingly yummy.
On an eco-walk with a local expert on flora and fauna (especially butterflies)
At the waterfall at the end of the eco-walk
Playing in the river, a rare experience for city-girls like these
Learning archery and trap-making skills
Trying on traditional hand-woven Seediq clothes
Visiting a Seediq house that the local tribal members built to show how the 
Seediq people lived before the Japanese Colonial Period
The area around our cabins. Every morning we woke to the sounds of birds, bees, and bugs.
Barbecuing on the last night, enjoying the conversation and company
A Seediq Tribe music and dance expert gave an interactive performance for our girls

Some videos from our three-day trip

Some more pictures from our three-day trip


At the end, we were all exhausted but extremely happy and thankful for our three-day adventure in the mountains.