Taipei, June 18 (CNA) Ipay Wilang (林智妹), the last living government-designated preserver of traditional Indigenous facial tattoos in Taiwan, passed away at home in Hualien County Saturday, according to a local historian.
Amis community leaders pray for good fortune at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new research base into indigenous culture in Hualien County yesterday. Sponsored by the Hualien County Government, the research base is the first of its kind dedicated to conducting research into the history and culture of the Amis.
Only in the final decade of its 50-year occupation of Taiwan did Japan make a serious effort to introduce the Shinto religion to its colony.
After the launch in 1937 of the Kominka Movement an attempt to bury historical and cultural connections between Taiwan and China beneath pro-Tokyo sentiment Taiwanese were encouraged to speak Japanese, adopt Japanese names and embrace facets of Japanese culture, including Shintoism. In the space of a few years, the number of Shinto shrines around the island quickly rose from fewer than a score to more than 200.
At many of these places of
On Thursday, 4,100 courses of Paxlovid, an oral COVID-19 drug, arrived in Taiwan, with about 10,000 more expected next week, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday.
A further 300,000 courses are scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter, Chen told the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) daily press briefing.
Taiwan has 13,700 courses in stock, each comprising 30 tablets to be taken over five days following the onset of symptoms, said Chen, who heads the center.
However, only 230 courses have been used, CECC data showed.
Paxlovid is mainly given to people aged 65 or older or those with
POLICY CHANGES: The criteria for admitting people in high-risk groups or with serious symptoms to hospitals have been adjusted to maintain capacity, the center said/ Staff writer, with CNA