Paiwan people
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The Paiwan are an Indigenous people of Taiwan. They speak the Paiwan language. In 2014, Paiwan people numbered 96,334. This was approximately 17.8% of Taiwan's total Indigenous population, making them
Paiwan musician playing a bamboo nose flute.
A Paiwan family house in Sandimen.
Photo of Paiwan people during the Japanese rule of Taiwan taken by Torii Ryūzō. Note the non-traditional Chinese attire
A representation of a Paiwan ceremonial rack of skulls in Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village.
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
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Taiwanese indigenous peoples, formerly called Taiwanese aborigines, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the country's popula
Paiwan people
…The Paiwan (Paiwan: Kacalisian; Chinese: 排灣; pinyin: Páiwān) are an Indigenous people of Taiwan. They speak the Paiwan language. In 2014, Paiwan people numbered 96,334. This was approximately 17.8% of Taiwan's total Indigenous population, making…
Paiwan and Rukai people in Pingtung County
A Taiwanese indigenous woman and infant, by John Thomson, 1871
Plains Indigenous boy and woman by Paul Ibis, 1877
The opening paragraphs of the Gospel of Matthew in bilingual parallel format, from the first half of the 17th century, in the Dutch and Sinckan languages. (Campbell & Gravius (1888). The Gospel of St. Matthew in Formosan)