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The
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines is located
across from the Indigenous Peoples Park, near
the National Palace Museum. It first opened
in 1994, as the only museum in Taiwan devoted
to indigenous peoples. The museum recently
closed for several months to undergo a complete
renovation of its exhibit areas for its tenth
anniversary, and reopened to the public on
April 1. New additions include a 3-D film of
a Bunun youth on his first hunting trip and
an area for listening to indigenous music,
as well as displays describing indigenous drinking
culture and agriculture. Other exhibit themes
cover traditional musical instruments, weapons,
clothing, ornaments, dwellings, pottery and
ceremonies. To go along with the new exhibits,
an audio-guide system has been developed in
Mandarin, English and Japanese, with most exhibit
panels being in Mandarin and English.--By Cheryl
Robbins
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