Distance: 10,727 km
Sent : 12/Mar/2016
Received: 24/Apr/2016
''The place Where we start is not a City in an Upcoming Feeling ''
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Ice Monster Mango Ice in Taipei 芒果冰
Taiwan
grows some of the best fruits in the world. Because of its rich soil and short
distances, Taiwanese can enjoy the best bananas, melons, guavas, and mangoes
that are fresh in season. One great refreshing snack that has come from this is
the mango shaved ice .
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Penny- Also sent : Stickers Of 03 aborigines
Taiwanese
aborigines (Chinese: 臺灣原住民; pinyin: táiwānyuánzhùmín;
Wade–Giles: t'ai2-wan1-yüan2-chu4-min2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-ôan-gôan chū-bîn;
literally: "Taiwanese original inhabitants") is the term commonly
applied to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, who number more than 530,000 and
constitute nearly 2.3% of the island's population. Recent research suggests
their ancestors may have been living on Taiwan for approximately 8,000 years
before a major Han immigration began in the 17th century. Taiwanese aborigines
are Austronesian peoples, with linguistic and genetic ties to other
Austronesian ethnic groups, which includes those of the Philippines, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Madagascar and Oceania. The issue of an ethnic identity unconnected
to the Asian mainland has become one thread in the discourse regarding the
political status of Taiwan.
For centuries, Taiwan's aboriginal inhabitants experienced
economic competition and military conflict with a series of colonizing
newcomers. Centralized government policies designed to foster language shift
and cultural assimilation, as well as continued contact with the colonizers
through trade, intermarriage and other intercultural processes, have resulted
in varying degrees of language death and loss of original cultural identity.
For example, of the approximately 26 known languages of the Taiwanese
aborigines (collectively referred to as the Formosan languages), at least ten
are now extinct, five are moribund, and several are to some degree endangered.
These languages are of unique historical significance, since most historical
linguists consider Taiwan to be the original homeland of the Austronesian
language family.
Taiwan's Austronesian speakers were formerly distributed
over much of the island's rugged central mountain range and were concentrated
in villages along the alluvial plains. The bulk of contemporary Taiwanese
aborigines now live in the mountains and in cities.
The indigenous peoples of Taiwan face economic and social
barriers, including a high unemployment rate and substandard education. Since
the early 1980s, many aboriginal groups have been actively seeking a higher
degree of political self-determination and economic development.The revival of
ethnic pride is expressed in many ways by aborigines, including the
incorporation of elements of their culture into commercially successful pop
music. Efforts are under way in indigenous communities to revive traditional
cultural practices and preserve their traditional languages. The Austronesian
Cultural Festival in Taitung City is one means by which tribe members promote
aboriginal culture. In addition, several aboriginal tribes have become
extensively involved in the tourism and ecotourism industries with the goal of
achieving increased economic self-reliance and preserving their culture
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