• 2025-08-27

    The National Central Library has partnered with the TECO Foundation to collect audio-visual materials, including Indigenous music and dance performances and ancient folk songs, on the "Digital Audio-Visual Service System" (https://dava.ncl.edu.tw/). Simply access the "Digital Audio-Visual Service System" and click "Exclamation Mark - Indigenous Peoples' Sustainable Education Project" in the selected theme area to view precious audio-visual resources authorized by the TECO Foundation for the National Central Library's collection and public broadcast. This is the first large-scale audio-visual licensing cooperation since the National Library's "Digital Audio-visual Service System" was launched in September 2024. The high-definition audio-visual archive resources provided by the TECO Foundation vividly reproduce the results of the integration of Taiwan's indigenous traditional culture with international art. These results have been nominated for the Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music eight times. Among them, the 2020 "Amazing Music and Dance" won the Best Traditional Performing Arts Audio-Visual Publication Award at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards.

    Since 2003, the TECO Foundation has been involved in the "Exclamation Mark - Indigenous Peoples' Sustainable Education Project," and "Exclamation Mark - Taiwan Indigenous Peoples' Music and Dance Feast" is the most important annual performance of the project. The Foundation has long been deeply involved in tribal work, supporting more than ten ethnic groups and more than forty tribes or school teams, helping them establish a teaching system that is people-oriented and rooted in culture. In 2005, "Amazing Music and Dance" began to hold performances of its achievements and transformed into theater form in 2010, encouraging the team to challenge themselves on a professional stage. This is not only an exhibition, but also a platform for each team to build their production, performance, cultural preservation and revitalization capabilities. Through meticulously designed programming, ancient Aboriginal songs, dances, and rituals are presented to the audience in a spirit of "returning to nature," hoping that Taiwan's traditional Aboriginal culture can connect with international art, allowing these ancient songs, which "only have language but no written text or music," to be passed down.

    Every year, "Amazing Music and Dance" will present traditional music and dance from different ethnic groups, such as the Paiwan, Bunun, Tsou, and Amis. The program content delves into the traditional songs, dances and rituals of various ethnic groups, striving to show the spirit flowing in the blood of the indigenous peoples, allowing the audience to deeply experience the primitive and profound charm of Taiwan's indigenous culture. One of its major features is the combination of ancient Aboriginal songs and modern theater techniques. Some of the ancient ballads will be arranged by Bay Sound Music Director Che-i Li and professional musicians, based on human voices, and then accompanied by a string orchestra for a cross-disciplinary performance. The performance will also be accompanied by professional lighting, imaging, and sound engineering, allowing the ancient ballads to display rich layers in their simplicity.

    Although most of the performers are amateur training teams from the tribe, after long-term cultivation and professional training by the foundation, their stage performance and vitality are amazing. The entire "Amazing Music and Dance" production team brings together dozens of cultural workers familiar with Aboriginal performing arts, as well as top professionals in various fields such as theater, choreography, lighting, and sound.