SAT. 16.Jun 14:30  

 

Director： 江薇玲 Wei Ling Jiang
2016 │ TAIWAN │ Documentary │ OmEU │ 50min│

 

Nomination

23th Women Make Waves Film Festival  入圍第23屆台灣國際女性影展

 

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Before the Han people immigrated to Taiwan in the 17th century, there had been indigenous residents living in Taiwan for around 8,000 years. Currently, there are 16 major groups recognized officially. In fact, all the tribes in the main island of Taiwan originate from Austronesian peoples the Yami people, also known as Tao people, in Orchid Island, an outlying island of Taiwan, are considered more related to the Batan Archipelago in the Philippines.

 

“My Uncle’s TATALA” is nominated in the 23th Women Make Waves Film Festival. It takes the director, Jiang Wei-Ling, 8 years to film her uncle and the film is edited into a 55-minute documentary, which records the process of making a TATALA, which is the pronunciation of laminated boat in the Tao people’s language. Building a TATALA is an important practice to the pubertal boy in their culture. In the past, a Tao grows up with a tree he plants when he was young. Once turning into an adult, he cuts the tree and makes it into a TATALA.

 

The diversity of the ethnic groups results in the cultural uniqueness of Taiwan. Despite the fact that a lot of traditional customs and ceremonies has gradually declined in presence due to globalization and the unavoidable youth migration, there are still documentaries keeping telling stories of their hometowns. My Uncle’s TATALA shows the beauty of Orchid Island and the lives of the Tao people.

 

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台灣屬於島嶼國家，在17世紀漢人移民台灣之前，台灣原住民族在臺灣的活動已有大約8,000年之久，目前有16個部族被官方承認，其中台灣本島的所有部族為台灣南島語群，蘭嶼上的達悟族則屬於馬來--玻里尼西亞語族的巴丹語群。

入圍了第23屆台灣國際女性影展，《二姨丈的TATALA》是導演江薇玲花了8年的時間從旁記錄她的二姨丈，濃縮成55分鐘的紀錄片，記述「拼板舟」在達悟族裡的重要傳統，而「TATALA」也就是其族語的發音。在以往，達悟人要製作一艘拼板舟，得要在小時候就先種樹，跟樹一起長大，經過幾十年的照顧之後，成年時去取下自己那顆樹木，再從蘭嶼深山將木頭搬回家製作。

正因台灣族群多元樣貌，造就了文化的獨特性。傳統習俗與祭典雖隨著全球化與無法避免的青年人口外移逐漸式微，但仍有如江薇玲導演《二姨丈的TATALA》，持續記錄自己的家鄉，以全族語的語言講述部落的故事，也讓更多人認識，除了風景優美的蘭嶼之外，人的生活痕跡。