The Puyuma's Moon-shape Monolith ca. 1896

The Puyuma (Chinese: 卑南族; pinyin: Bēinán-zú; POJ: Puyuma-cho̍k, Pi-lâm-cho̍k), also known as the Peinan or Beinan tribe, are one of the tribal groups of the Taiwanese aborigines. The tribe is generally divided into the Chihpen and Nanwang groups, both resident in Taitung County on the east coast of Taiwan.

In the year 2000 the Puyuma numbered 9,606. This was approximately 2.4% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the sixth-largest tribal group. ^[1] The Puyuma speak their tribal language as well as Standard Mandarin and Taiwanese. The Puyuma language, however, is dying.

[edit] Peinan Site

The earliest records of the Peinan Site were made by Ryuzo Torii, an anthropologist in the early period of the Japanese Occupation of Taiwan. During his four visits to Taiwan for anthropological research, he took two photos of the stone pillars on the ground surface at the Peinan Site

[edit] Ethnic Puyuma

• A-mei, a Taiwanese pop singer, is an ethnic Puyuma.
• Samingad (紀曉君), Taiwanese aboriginal singer.
• Pur-dur (陳建年), Taiwanese aboriginal singer.
• Banai (巴奈), Taiwanese aboriginal singer.

[edit] References

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