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    What Men Don’t Know

    Chia-Wei CHANG Fu-Mei HSIEH 2009 臺灣 Documentary color 24min Tao, Taiwanese Digi Beta
    “Minganangana” (crab festival) is a ritual during the Tao’s busy flying fish season. The word also signifies “to cheer.” On that day, the Tao women cheer their husbands who catch fish by sumptuous meals of taro cakes and terrestrial crabs for them. This documentary preserves the beautiful custom of the Tao tribe. In this film, we want to introduce not only the origin of “minganangana” but also the role of Tao women, as well as what kinds of preparation they have been making in order to celebrate this day. We hope that the young women of the Tao tribe can learn something from this special cultural custom.

    Director

    Chia-Wei CHANG

    Chia-Wei CHANG is a producer, News Program Group, News Department, Taiwan Indigenous TV.

    Fu-Mei HSIEH

    As a member of Yami Tirbe (Tao), Fu-mei HSIEH is 33 years old, living in Taitung County. After graduating from vocational high school, she has worked as an editor for the “Lanyu Biweekly.” She is now worrying about losing her own culture. Therefore, she had started to record the valuable images of her tribe, her family and herself.

    Chia-Wei CHANG

    2009 男人不知道的事 What Men Dont't Know

    Fu-Mei HSIEH

    2009 男人不知道的事 What Men Dont't Know

    Director: 謝福美 Fu-Mei HSIEH, 張家維 Chia-Wei CHANG

    Producer: 謝福美 Fu-Mei HSIEH, 張家維 Chia-Wei CHANG

    Screenplay: 謝福美 Fu-Mei HSIEH, 張家維 Chia-Wei CHANG

    Cinematographer: 謝福美 Fu-Mei HSIEH, 江薇玲 Wei-Ling JIAN

    Editing: 張家維 Chia-Wei CHANG

    Sound: 謝福美 Fu-Mei HSIEH

    Music: 風潮有聲出版有限公司 Wind Records Co.,Ltd

    Language: Tao, Taiwanese

    Print Source: 原住民族電視台 Taiwan Indigenous TV

    Taiwan Indigenous TV

    原住民族電視台

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