Pas-vake

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Pas-vake is part of the traditional Saisiyat agricultural ceremony. It takes place twice a year; the first festival comes after the sowing is over, addressing to the ancestral spirits that the task has been completed, and the second one happens after the harvest. The significance of Pas-vake is twofold: in religious terms the festival invites the ancestors to share the food with the living Saisiyat people through rituals and asks for the ancestors’ favor at the same time; for economic purposes Pas-vake is an occasion in which people supplicates for good fortune in farming and hunting. Pas-vake also confirms and consolidates the identity conferred by the Pas-vakean to its members as a way to come to terms with and symbolically transcend the difference of backgrounds and geographical origins.
Pas-vake
Accepted term: 13-May-2024