Tag: Taiwan Indigenous Identity

It started with a string of woven bracelets purchased at a night market. It started with with the exhibition at the National Palace Museum entitled, "Wrapping Cultures: Asian Textiles from the National Palace Museum Collection" which showcases some of the finest historical examples of textiles and patterns from around China and other parts of Asia. It started with learning that during their period of Colonial Rule the Japanese banned indigenous weaving along with the practice of head hunting, facial tattoos, and the speaking of any language other than Japanese in public.…