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Chinese Subtitle

莊: Vuvu 抱歉打擾了,我是你們的子孫Adrucangalj,要進入我們的起源地,Lasiguwan家屋及Tjatuljivak家屋。以前有一根梁柱頂在這邊,她就是在這位置,Muakai。

 

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高: 因為我們部落//很早就接受天主教信仰了//很多的祭典//可能都沒有在進行了。當然我的意思並不是說//是因為信了天主教//所以這些儀式不進行//我覺得是因為我們部落//被日本人強迫遷移之後//離開了原居地//所以很多的文化就慢慢地消失。
 

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胡: Muakai祖靈柱其實是因為她在//台大的藏品是從日本時代//1930年就進來了// 所以她一直都放在台大// 後來文資法的一些變化裡面//我們也在考慮//要讓大家意識到// 台大的博物館裡面// 有一些很特別的藏品// 所以當時就在想// 那台大也應該要來申請。

 

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莊: 外面很多的聲音說// 古物要回家// 要把她拿回來到部落// 也不是那麼簡單// 我們實在是沒有力氣去// 花費那麼多的時間在這個// 爭奪戰裡面。乾脆拉// 我就認為說// 應該// 不要讓台大那麼輕易的就// 擁有muakai// 那樣按照我們的習俗// 叫他們表示誠意// 請他們lemisi (下聘)。Muakai既然是我們的祖先// 也是我們的人// 我們就把她當作// 擬人化的去辦了這場婚禮。

English Subtitle

Zhuāng: Ancestor spirits. I’m sorry to bother you. I’m your descendant, Adrucangalj. I am going to enter our place of origin, Lasiguwan’s house and Tjaluljivak’s house.| There used to be a beam on this side, she was here, Muakai.

 

Gao: Because our community has accepted the Catholicism very early. //A lot of ceremonies// are not continuing anymore. But I don’t mean that it’s because people believe in Catholicism// so these ceremonies are not held any more. // I think it’s because that after our people //were forced to leave our place of origin under the Japanese colonization, // //so, many of our customs had disappeared gradually.

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Hu: The Muakai ancestral beam has been preserved at National Taiwan University from the Japanese colonial time // since 1930 until nowadays. // Later, owing to some changes in the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act// we started to think about raising the public awareness of those special collections in the NTU museums. //That’s why I was thinking that// NTU should also make muakai one of the national treasures.

 

Zhuang: Lots of people are arguing that the antiquities should be returned home //,and we should bring Muakai back to our community // But things are not that simple. // We don't have so much energy// and time on the battle whether to bring Muakai back to our community. Therefore, // I was thinking that // we shouldn’t let National Taiwan University own Muakai so easily. // According to our custom // they should show their sincerity. So, we asked National Taiwan University to have an engagement with Muakai.// Since Muakai is our ancestor, she is our ppl we decided to arrange this wedding for her just like a real human.

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