Orchid Island is located off the coast of Taitung, is a volcanic island formed by andesite. Aborigines living on the island is a national cultural characteristics of marine tenure. Flying Fish Festival is the most important symbol of their culture. In the past fifty years, we are very used to call these indigenous to the island Yami, but they called themselves tao (Tao), said the island was inhabited pongso no tao (people of the island). pongso refers to the islands, land, and tao is the man. Not only the island's indigenous people call themselves tao, tao advocated in recent years, as more family name, so we now call them the Tao. Canoe (Yami Language: tatala), for the manufacture of the Tao tribe Native Orchid Island, the use of equipment, used for fishing events. Ancient times, the ancestors of the Tao people learned from the ground and the manufacture of more sophisticated technology canoe and shall comply with the taboo, Unrestraint spread generations. Tao family canoe carve carving usually plug in the head and tail ends of the wood and make painted ornaments (Yami Language: morong), then plug located on the chicken tail hair increase the aesthetic, and pray for a good harvest symbol. Flying Fish Festival comes from the myths and legends of the Tao, and the Tao tribe today constitute compliance with the norms of social etiquette. Traditionally, the clan festival period, regardless of language, will be particularly careful to act. In addition to the cultural heritage of the Tao tribe outside , flying fish festival itself implies respect for the natural environment, and sustainable ecological concepts. Tao culture in accordance with Exocet flood season, the year into three seasons: Flying Fish Festival (rayon), flying fish season ended (teyteyka) and winter (amiyan). Every year, up to eight or nine flying fish season, various sizes ceremony which held , they were collectively known as the "Flying Fish Festival." Because of the Kuroshio in between three to June of each year, to bring the east coast of Taiwan, including flying fish, including a large number of migratory fish, so these ceremonies start from around late February, has been carried out until October.
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