Fear no big changes Where there are ancestral spirits in the heart, there sustains the culture
Fear no big changes Where there are ancestral spirits in the heart, there sustains the culture In Fufeng Li of Taitung City, there is a tribe Kakawasan, which relocated three times in the past century. Though through changes of habitation, the optimistic habitants say, “Where there are ancestral spirits in the heart, there sustains the culture. Where there is communal unity, there won’t be village destruction.” Kakawasan has by far preserved “Seniority system” of Amis traditional culture and thrived to construct new culture of woodcarving and weaving skill to regenerate the life of farming villages. In a city without urban hustling even time stops to stay Travel northward from Taitung City, over the Chunghua Bridge above the Beinan river, follow the route on the right side and exit at the north end of the bridge to enter the old route of Provincial Highway 11, proceed for another 1 kilometer, you will see a green road sign that reads “Shi-chuan” (Stone River, Ishikawa ). T...
