One of BaLiwakes’ best known songs, Penanwang (Puyuma King), contains Puyuma-language lyrics written in Japanese syllabaries, set to the tune of Stephen Foster’s Old Black Joe. Penned around 1964, the ...

Inspired by the spirits of their ancestors, Puyuma musicians from Nanwang Village (南王) — also known as Katratripul, or Jhihben (知本) — and who are part of Taitung’s Beinan community — have won 14 ...

The Puyuma tribe is one of the indigenous groups in Taitung County along Taiwan’s East Coast. Nanwang, as the leading village in the tribe, holds the Monkey Ceremony and Hunting Rite in every December ...