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The Tsou are an indigenous people of Taiwan. They are sometimes confused with the Thao people of Sun Moon Lake. Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east, but gradually transitions to gently sloping plains in the west (satellite photo by NASA). ... Thao (邵族) is one tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. ... Dock of Sun Moon Lake/ Nantou, Taiwan/ taken by geoffroy/ 2003 Sun Moon Lake (Zintun in the Thao language) is the largest lake in Taiwan. ...


See also: Taiwanese aborigine A Rukai villege Chief visiting Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ...

Taiwanese aborigine
Amis | Atayal | Bunun | Paiwan | Puyuma | Rukai | Tao | Truku | Tsou | Saisiyat

Babuza | Hoanya | Kavalan | Ketagalan | Popora | Basay | Qaugaut | Siraya | Taokas | Thao A Rukai villege Chief visiting Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ... Atayal (泰雅) is one tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. ... Bunun (布農) is one tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. ... Paiwan is the native language of Taiwan. ... Puyuma (卑南族) is one tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. ... Rukai (魯凱族) is one tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. ... The Saisiyat (true people) are an indigenous people of Taiwan, part of the larger Taiwanese aborigine ethnic group. ... Yilan County (宜蘭縣, pinyin: Yílán Xiàn) is a county in Northeastern Taiwan. ... Ketagalan is a Taiwanese aboriginal tribe originating in what is now the Taipei Basin. ... Thao (邵族) is one tribe of Taiwanese aborigine. ...


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When headhunting was prohibited during the period of Japanese occupation, the Tsou were made to bury the heads of their enemies in the open space in front of the meeting house.
The Tsou believed that the gods of heaven and war would descend by means of this tree and enter the meeting house during the victory ceremony.
The Tsou had a taboo against cooking fish in their houses, and the pots used for cooking fish could not be used for cooking millet.
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