Taiwanese Aboriginal, The Ami or Amei Ethnic Group dances.. Options

[xeemlauj]

I am fascinated and also I am in love with the Aboriginal Cultures of Taiwan.

Amazing dances of the Amei.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQNFZU7RoKc

Competition at the Aboriginal Center.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVee3G_9JKc

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[xeemlauj]

awesome!!!

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This post has been edited by xeemlauj: Jun 17 2008, 05:16 PM

[xeemlauj]

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taiwanese aboriginal

[JakeCutter]

They kind of remind me of Native Americans, which is cool.

[Amara]

Great video. Their traditional costumes reminds me of Native Americans and Native Siberians.

[Graham_Cracker07]

Cool stuff! Yeah they remind me of Native Americans too, but they are actually the ancestors of all Austronesians; including Filipinos, Indonesians, Malaysians, Polynesians, people of Madagascar, etc.

[Suzuka00]

Cool stuff! Yeah they remind me of Native Americans too, but they are actually the ancestors of all Austronesians; including Filipinos, Indonesians, Malaysians, Polynesians, people of Madagascar, etc.

along with miao/hmong,viets,zhuang and kadai speakers they are a remnant of yueh in china

Conclusion
We show that, in contrast to the Taiwan homeland hypothesis, the Island Southeast Asians do not have a Taiwan origin based on their paternal lineages. Furthermore, we show that both Taiwan aborigines and Indonesians likely derived from the Daic populations based on their paternal lineages. These two populations seem to have evolved independently of each other. Our results indicate that a super-phylum, which includes Taiwan aborigines, Daic, and Malayo-Polynesians, is genetically educible.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlere...i?artid=2408594

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While there has not yet been a genetic study of great statistical significance about the ancestry of the various Austronesian Philippine ethnic groups, there have been some studies, based upon very small sample (statistics) sample s of the population, which provide clues as to their origins.

For example, a Stanford University study conducted during 2001 revealed that Y-chromosome haplogroup O3 (Y-DNA) Haplogroup O3 -M122 (labeled as "Haplogroup L" in this study) predominates among Filipino males. This particular haplogroup is also predominant among Chinese people Chinese and Koreans Korean males. Another haplogroup, haplogroup O1 (Y-DNA) Haplogroup O1a -M119 (labeled as "Haplogroup H" in this study), is also found among Filipinos. The rates of Haplogroup O1a are highest among the Taiwanese Aborigines . Overall, the genetic frequencies found among Filipinos points to the Ami people Ami tribe of Taiwan as their nearest genetic relative.

A 2002 China Medical University (ROC) China Medical University study indicated that certain Filipinos shared a particular gene marker that is also found among Taiwanese aborigines and Indonesians.

Furthermore, a 2003 University of the Philippines study based on 50 participants each from the islands of Luzon and Cebu provided some insight into the various places of origin of early Filipinos; some rare genetic markers were found that are shared by people from parts of Asia.

http://filipinawives.org/

This post has been edited by Suzuka00: Jun 18 2008, 06:48 AM

[xeemlauj]

I don't care what they are related to... the DNA proves nothing.. remind me of Ainu having Tibetan blood.. lol... how can they??????

Anyways, Taiwanese Aboriginals are amazing.. love their cultures.

[xeemlauj]

Cool stuff! Yeah they remind me of Native Americans too, but they are actually the ancestors of all Austronesians; including Filipinos, Indonesians, Malaysians, Polynesians, people of Madagascar, etc.

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Have you heard of the Aboriginal Conferences or whatever? because it was held in Taiwan. Many Natives Nations/People from Canada, United States, N.Zealand and etc... all went to Taiwan for the National Aboriginal Conferences.

This post has been edited by xeemlauj: Jun 19 2008, 02:33 AM