Archery, tugowar, wrestling, ear shooting, pig wrestling, pig catching, etc.
National games Kaohsiung in May.
Archery, tugowar, wrestling, ear shooting, pig wrestling, pig catching, etc.
National games Kaohsiung in May.
Huh? What’s that?
Yes I watched the video, and I heard the term being used several times. However, none of the shown activities seemed to be visibly involving ears. Googling the term also didn’t yield anything useful…
Best guess would be the only shooting related activity shown: archery. But shooting at ears? With ears? From ears?
I think they use an ear from a slaughtered pig. Lemme go look it up.
Edited to add, and probably to correct:
I’m not sure it’s a pig, and I guess the animal is killed in a hunt rather than slaughtered:
The traditional ear-shooting ceremony starts well before the celebration itself when the young men of the tribe go into the mountains and hunt. Then they cut off the ears of their kills, sticking the ears on a pole or a tree branch for the village men to shoot with arrows.
The mysterious customs and traditions of the indigenous tribes, Taiwan's indigen
Edited to add another source:
The annual festival is named after the archery competition, which sharpens the hunting skills of the men. The traditional targets were once the ears of pigs or deer and were very difficult to hit from 30 meters away. Nowadays, visitors use bows and arrows to shoot large, animal-shaped targets drawn on cardboard.
Tony CoolidgeAmong the 16 officially-recognized Indigenous tribes of Taiwan, the Bunun peoples are known for their strength, endurance and fierce nature. The people of the island’s 4th largest Indigenous group, centered in Taitung and Hualien...
I’m not sure there’s a conflict there. Maybe there are different ways of doing the competition.
The second line is exactly right. Ear shooting is a Bunun tradition and a festival tradition. Now, no real animal ears are used, especially not in the games, maybe they would still use it in the Ear Shootting festival.
The second line is exactly right. Ear shooting is a Bunun tradition and a festival tradition. Now, no real animal ears are used, especially not in the games, maybe they would still use it in the Ear Shootting festival.
Thanks for that information.