Heritage usa which is a disease sometimes i feel im too persistent like a cockroach that refuses to die. That night i. Was. Born. To tell you all live in communities close to 600 people live in chens village. By the entrance to the village theres a statue of a thai all in a line cloth hunting a wild boar just like in the old days. At the former Police Station chen heads a meeting of the Village Development committee its goal to ensure a future for taiwans Indigenous Peoples. Last woman though hasnt a baby but when i return to the village for a project after a long absence i thought our culture is being neglected. Now and as i was studying Regional Planning i realised if we young people dont tend to it no one will live with ballance up. But chen doesnt speak much. Her family left the village when she was quite young. To raise funds the committee began doing everything from selling Millet Liquor to wooing tourists so the thai yall could stand on their own 2 feet but as an independent young woman who didnt speak the language fluently chen also met with resistance especially the older members. This Patriarchal Society were reluctant to follow her lead. Alcohol abuse and high unemployment also continue to plague the thai yacht so chen says to deal with indigenous issues you need to have a fixed. Bullet hole in this saying this is. The woman theres no pleasing some people we ask ourselves if we shouldnt just give up because its never enough you have to be able to put up with that the how much as you as all. But a decade of hard work and persistence is paying off the number of visitors is rising and theres more Tourist Accommodation that means more money jobs and a sense of pride in what theyve accomplished thats given a much needed boost to the thai all selfconfidence. Chan approaches a tourist whos fishing here she invites him to an upcoming festival and to take part in a trash collection project with the tourists out there. Chen tries to help him with her vision of eco tourism but hes not taking the bait. He says maybe next time. Says all the aussies it will buy us that if we want to or isnt we have to give Something Back to the land so were cleaning up the rivers and streams. Huggle the tourists can help. They learned how to paddle a kayak and help us to. The thai all consider themselves to be very robust unlike these countrymen from the west coast they did recover one piece of plastic and had an unforgettable experience so i say whats up with the seasick i threw up it was bad. So you fed the fish. So. The guide a young thai all isnt worried its all for a good cause so. Were going down. Afterwards people always tell others how nice it is here it makes me happy to be able to tell people about us so they would say i look. Around 90000 tyo live in taiwan chen wants to introduce these guests to a few of them at the Indigenous Peoples festival upset stomach or not. Premature people from the shackles of history has become chens wife or 16 groups of Indigenous Peoples have now been officially recognized by taiwan this followed centuries of cultural oppression by western colonial powers. Chinese settlers japanese occupiers and from 1949 onward by the taiwanese government. In 2016 taiwans president site and when officially apologized to the indigenous population for this mistreatment that got them for shanker without. The high school of none all is famous for its Street Dance Club it began mixing urban dance with elements of Indigenous Culture and went on to win National Competitions suddenly they were hip all over taiwan. Just jump the bar. In their dances rices. Im balik lee thrashed or cloth is broken this courage to combine the open interview has helped to rejuvenating our culture. To recent weeks after our winning performance we were so moved we almost cried the audience applauded wildly we didnt even the elders thought it was fantastic and a way of passing on our Cultural Heritage as an incentive function. Mikes 14 year old sister mimi is attending the daily training sessions for the 1st time she likes to dance and is proud of her indigenous heritage. If you think ok its very nice that it includes traditional movements. That way the dances have even more meaning for the tie all. Sense in. Making progress one step at a time their forefathers would certainly applaud their efforts. Time ones Indigenous Peoples are now taking the plunge and showing off their culture to outsiders. At juniors highest point a thai all woman is doing her part with a loan for Indigenous Peoples some help from her parents and a lot of guts shooting she has built a roomy b. And b. It attracts tourists from as far away as japan and singapore tyo women have shown more initiative than the men children left in you when she was a teenager and still works as a nurse on taiwans west coast but now she spends half her time at home i. Wanted to do that will go when i visited our old tribal lands 3 years ago i sensed this connection it was astonishing even though id been away for so long and was almost completely assimilated im still a thai all the meals as i say what i see you. At a place thats accessible by road and rail a tile festival is happening. This is the 2nd edition of the festival its motto is sharing feelings but 1st thing in the Village Development committee sort the trash that tourists have collected on the beach politicians will attend the party later on taiwan is now committed to recognizing its Cultural Diversity in contrast to neighboring china are. Not only look. The tribal leaders show off their hunting trophies pray and sing in art. They are and serve the guests know that liquor. Must know when they go home or at the our 1st goal is to support the older people all the local tribes have sent representatives thats good yes you want them dont more people should get to know us. Thats why the festival is being held here so tourists can stop and take a look because of Michael Bowers and i bet theres a following one of the speeches chen approaches an older woman and in a thai yell arranges for us to visit the seniors club the next day. The seniors meet every weekday from 10 until 12 at the Community Center there they can get a medical checkup and do cardiovascular exercises while sitting down and today theyre being treated to a special film. A few years ago residents of 2 new took a helicopter ride to the mountains to visit the abandoned village of the rock in in 1957 its residents were forcibly resettled to gie new some of these people hadnt seen their old home village in decades. Here like the roots of what made the thai ya what they are. Now recent made where there wasnt much variety but the mountain gave us everything we also planted Sweet Potatoes everything was organic like we were lucky and didnt have to buy anything at their human cunt up to a job there i realized how much i missed my home village. This notion was there too and saw for herself how important this trip was for the older people from her village. Was one of them. Like a that they gently i spoke and cried when i visited the remains of my parents house and our house. And i left my name behind kidnapping with. The communal hall is a place of remembrance many here say life was harder in the mountains but it was nicer. On john hughes main street retiring in neat pursues his hobby looking after the Model Village he repairs it when the children have broken something. The settlement symbolizes the old Mountain Village of rio him its their former homeland in miniature huge in the. Back then people were more helpful you know it was a Farming Community today theres so much competition already in school and people compare the cars and houses theyve bought a good beat the other day. Is a good beat. On this day the conditions arent great for long tracks outdoors but theres no stopping thing. While the seniors Wax Nostalgic about the past. Is creating the future in the mountains. She meets with a troop of construction workers to tell you all men are renewing an old mountain trail there we can might call her trailblazers that have been our reality like a lot of the past generations collected mushrooms and hunted wild boar here but grass has also grown over this part of her peoples cultural. War will be. Sending we young people have a little experience with the mountains so we hope that children can go into the woods again that we dont know otherwise we only return to our distant tribal lands every one or 2 years thats why a trail around our village would be very nice out. Its pouring rain but chen doesnt let that stop. She knows that sun follows rain and that there will be brighter days ahead for taiwans Indigenous Peoples. Climate change. Sustainability. Environmental projects. Globalisation face biodiversity Species Conservation exploitation in quality. Human rights displacement. Of the global and current of the local action. Global 3000 next on d w. Theyve been taught the ideology of terrorism. Trained to fight. Here to kill. Hundreds of European Children have become innocent victims of ohio. They were taken to syria by their own during. What will become of them bombs children a job. In 45 minutes on d w. A historical trend in georgia politics business the militia. 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