The Saisiyat ( Chinese : 賽夏 ; pinyin : Sàixià ; Wade–Giles : Sai Hsia ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : 獅設族(Sai-siat-cho̍k) ; lit. 'true people'; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ : 賽夏族(Sòi-hà-tshu̍k) ), also spelled Saisiat , are an indigenous people of Taiwan . In 2000 the Saisiyat numbered 5,311, which was approximately 1.3% of Taiwan 's total indigenous population, making them one of the smallest aboriginal groups in the country. The Saisiyat inhabit Western Taiwan , overlapping the border between Hsinchu County and Miaoli County . They are divided into the Northern Branch ( Wufong in the mountainous Hsinchu area) and the Southern Branch ( Nanzhuang and Shitan in the highlands of Miaoli), each with its own dialect . Their language is also known as Saisiyat .
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8-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Saisiyat people Saisiyat are sometimes rendered as Saiset , Seisirat , Saisett , Saisiat , Saisiett , Saisirat , Saisyet , Saisyett , Amutoura , or Bouiok . A series of major conflicts between the Kingdom of Tungning and the Saisiyat people left
12-564: The Saisiyat decimated and with much of their land in the hands of the Kingdom. The details of the conflicts remain mysterious however historians agree that the outcome was negative for the Saisiyat. The first Aboriginal victim of the White Terror was Jih Chin-chun, a Saisiyat man executed in 1952. The Saisiyat people hold a festival called Pasta’ay every two years. In the ancient times, human beings were created by god and lived in
16-441: The original land. Then a flood happened suddenly and human beings were dispersed everywhere without knowing what would happen. Then, a man sat on a weaving loom and floated to Airubia Mountain. There was a god called Otspoehobong (Oopenhaboon) on the mountains. The god grabbed the man suddenly. Fearing that the flood would cause human beings to be extinct, the god killed the survivor, pounded his flesh, chanted an incantation, and threw
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