Taiwan Formosa 1928 Old Postcard Ships of Yami Tribe Orchid Island Savage Canoes

Vintage Old Colour Picture Postcard. Japan Japanese Occupation Period. 1928. China Formosa Taiwan. Ethnic Life. Taiwanese. Shipping. Aboriginal Men. Ships of Yami Tribe, Tao Tribe, Yamei Tribe. Native Savage Canoes Boats with Small Sails. Orchid Island. 臺灣族之刻舟紅頭嶼族之用彼等獨特之舟裝疑蘭嶼達悟族雅美族.

Publisher: 臺北生蕃屋本店發行 Taipei
Series No: 7
Background: Orchid Island (Yami: Ponso no Tao or Pongso no Tao; Chinese: 蘭嶼; pinyin: Lán Yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lân-sū) is a 45 km² high island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan Island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait. It is governed as Lanyu Township of Taitung County. The Tao (達悟族), originally recognized as Yami (雅美), are a Taiwanese aboriginal people, native to tiny outlying Orchid Island in Taiwan. The Tao are an Austronesian people linguistically and culturally closer to the Ivatan people of the Batanes islands in the Philippines than to other aboriginal peoples on the main island of Taiwan. The word "Tao" (pronounced Ta-o) means "person" or "people" in the Tao language and many Philippine languages. The Tao people are traditionally good at making balangays (native canoes), which is a symbol of their tribe.

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