Palamal

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Palamal is a Sakizaya ritual that worships the Sakizaya ancestors and commemorates the historical trauma of Takubuwan Incident. In 1878, under the aegis of the policy of “opening up the mountains and civilizing the savages,” the Qing army entered eastern Taiwan and waged battles with the Sakizaya and Kavalan peoples who then dominated the Qilai plain in Hualien. During the invasion the Sakizaya chief Komod Pazik and his wife Icep Kanasaw were tortured to death and the Sakizaya people was set into a diaspora.In 2006, the Sakizaya people held a memorial ceremony at what used to be the site of Takubuwan tribe in Hualien city. “Fire,” as the ceremony pamphlet describes, “brought down the people, but also lit up the way out for the refugees.” The memorial thus held fire as its central theme and consecrated the chief and his wife as the lord and lady of fire who are the national heroes of Sakizaya.
Palamal
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024