2018-07-05

Day 3– Lanyu Island

[1] Boat detail #Tao tribe of Dongqing Village, Lanyu (Orchid) Island. [2] Morning swim buddies, checking out the boats, still with much traditional way of building @ Lanyü, Taiwan. [3] In the field, taro. Family ancestral plots.

[4] In the field, one the furthest reach of Taiwan, on an island field, we met a man who laid the foundations of modern Taiwan left wing movement #whiteterror journalist photographer, activist and farmer Shiyaman Peter Knight Fengayan, Communist rebels of Philippines... I need to listen to the recordings and translation.

#Reflection Complex social circumstances, with cultural ties beyond man-made borders #Batanes, inter village, let alone with "mainland" Taiwan. Culture unbecomes in the act of definition, much like a portrait captures but a singular refraction, of an image in time #PredicamentofCulture #UndefiningIdentity #cendanamalaysia

[5] chia hui uncle night SESSION #1, [6] mcafe 8x10 SESSION #8

[7] met with a historian/ writer, elder and retired pastor, Siyapen Lamolan (董森永) of the South West village, 漁人部Iratay (Hongtou) Village. His book on Tao's Annual Culture, Ceremonies and Tradition.

Boat detail

Boat detail

Boat detail

[7] met with a historian
[2] Morning swim buddies

[3] In the field

[4] In the field

[4] In the field

[4] In the field

[5] chia hui uncle

[5] chia hui uncle

[5] chia hui uncle

[6] mcafe

[6] mcafe

[6] mcafe