Is located in the coast of Taitung, Orchid Island, is a volcanic island formed from andesite. Aboriginal people living on the island, is a sea retain cultural characteristics of the nation. Flying fish Festival is the most important symbol of their culture. Over the past 50 years, we used to call these indigenous Yami on the island, but they call themselves the Tao (Yami), called island inhabited by pongso no Tao (people of the island). Pongso refers to the island, on land, and Tao is human meaning. Natives call themselves, not only for the Tao on the island recently advocated the Tao as a family name, so now we are calling them the Tao tribe. People on the island has an abundance of rare flora and fauna. Yami tribe except on their Island reclamation, planted outside the water taro, sweet potatoes as a staple food, from the ancestors of intelligent, they also learn the effective use of natural resources of the land. In addition, the vast ocean that surrounds the entire island, provide the Tao as a plentiful food source for generations. Tao said: "which one is the mother's milk, the island, is the bosom of the father". Appears to be calm in the Western Pacific, contains strong Kuroshio current. Each year, the flying fish swarm with the Kuroshio, wanders around in March to the Isle of man, provides a rich source of food for Islanders, and the Tao people of flying fish as a fixed annual nature's treasures. Yami culture construction in the flying fish on the coming season. As a maritime people, Tao observed months of tide and Moon's relationship development belong to the Tao people of lunar calendar. Conform to the flying fish season, the Tao people have divided the year into three seasons: flying fish flood (rayon), flying fish period ended (tetek a), and winter (amian). And the Tao people adapt to this calendar, and follows ancestor's intelligence, on generations in Isle of man!
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