Paiwan people

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The Paiwan people are an Indigenous Austronesian ethnic group of Taiwan known for their hierarchical social structure, rich oral traditions, and distinctive woodcarving and pottery arts.

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Label Occurrences
Paiwan people canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian ethnic group
Indigenous people
artForm Beadwork
Pottery
Textile weaving
Woodcarving
continent Asia
country Taiwan NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Republic of China NERFINISHED
culturalTrait Ancestral worship
Pottery arts
Rich oral traditions
Tattoo traditions
Woodcarving arts
festival Millet harvest festival
geographicDistribution Kaohsiung NERFINISHED
Pingtung County NERFINISHED
Taitung County NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for Paiwan language)
languageFamily Austronesian languages
linguisticBranch Formosan languages NERFINISHED
musicTradition Mouth harp
Vocal polyphony
nativeLanguage Paiwan language NERFINISHED
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Taiwan NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Government of Taiwan NERFINISHED
region Southern Taiwan NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Amis people NERFINISHED
Bunun people NERFINISHED
Puyuma people NERFINISHED
Rukai people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
socialClass Commoners
Nobility
socialStructure Hierarchical
symbol Hundred-pace viper NERFINISHED
Sun motif
traditionalCrop Millet
Sweet potatoes
Taro
traditionalEconomy Agriculture
Hunting
traditionalHousing Slate houses
Stone-slab houses
traditionalLeadership Hereditary chieftainship
traditionalReligion Ancestor veneration
Animism
UNESCOStatus Intangible cultural heritage elements documented in Taiwan

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Pingtung County, Taiwan hasEthnicGroup Paiwan people
subject surface form: Pingtung County
Taitung County hasIndigenousGroup Paiwan people