Types of Traditional Atayal Dance

The dance types were classified more recently for the sake of convenience. The Atayal people of the past did not have such classifications. The following eight dances are performed in accordance with certain events, such as the wedding dance, and some basic dances for harvesting. The common Atayal dance styles are listed here:

	Ancestor Worship Dance		mouth pipe dance (mmywi na p'tlubuw)		wedding dance		hunting dance
	weaving dance		bamboo sticks dance		traditional dance		communal dance
	shaman's dance		narrative dance		Annual cycle dance （ Sowing Festival, Harvest Festival ）

Introduction of Basic Dances

According to the difference of the movement, we made the classification below（Click the link below, you may watch the demonstration movie of the dance steps）

	Mrgiraw – assembly ring-formation dance		papak – ear dance
	hmkuw kitari – half-squatting jumping dance		mrbil – trembling dance
	mstoput – jumping dance		mromul – centripetal rush dance
	mmywi na p'tlubuw – mouth harp dance		k'mkah – kicking dance

Summary of Traditional Dances

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Dance Tools

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