Hairdresser cuts for free in two remote villages in Hualien
Staff writer, with CNA
Taipei-based hairdresser Ivy Chang (張立欣) last week completed one of her twice-a-year trips to provide free services to residents of two villages in Hualien County that can only be reached on foot.
Chang’s first appointment during the trip on Monday and Tuesday last week was booked last year with a farmer surnamed Chen (陳), who said that he learned about her services two years ago, but was too busy with work to get a haircut.
During her stay at Sapah Tadaw Mawna, a bed-and-breakfast near Dali (大禮) and Datong (大同) villages in Taroko National Park, Chang also applied her skills to the couple that owns the guesthouse, giving the husband a haircut and dyeing the wife’s hair.
Hairdresser visits rural villages to give free haircuts
05/08/2021 06:12 PM
CNA photo May 8, 2021
Taipei, May 8 (CNA) Taipei-based hairdresser Ivy Chang (張立欣) recently completed one of her twice-a-year trips to two rural villages in Hualien County that can only be reached on foot to provide free services to local residents.
Chang s first appointment during her most recent trip on May 3-4 was booked last year with a farmer surnamed Chen (陳), who said he knew about her the past two years but was too busy with work to get a haircut.
During her stay at Sapah Tadaw Mawna, a bed-and-breakfast located between Dali and Datong villages in Taroko National Park, Chang also applied her skills to the couple that owns the B&B, giving the husband a haircut and dyeing the wife s hair.
Caroling in the Truku mountains
The Aboriginal village of Skadang, which is only accessible through a five-to-six hour trek up 1,000m, revived its Christmas festivities last year after a four decades absence
By Han Cheung / Staff reporter
The sounds of Christmas caroling were absent from the mountain village of Skadang for 40 years. After its Aboriginal Truku inhabitants relocated in 1979 to Tmbarah village near the Taroko National Park Visitor Center, all Christmas activities were transferred to the new church.
Today, Skadang (better known as Datong, 大同) is still accessible only by foot, and we make the five-hour trek up about 1,000m in elevation to visit the settlement of six or seven households that rely on generators and solar panels for electricity. My artist friend had spent time here through the Tree Tree Tree Person Residency Project (森人藝駐計劃) and we were invited up to celebrate Christmas a week early since the actual festivities are held in Tmbarah.