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Papora people 
Summary
The Papora (Chinese: 拍瀑拉; pinyin: Bābùlė) are a Taiwanese indigenous people. They lived primarily in the area around Taichung and the Taiwanese western coastal littoral. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Dutch East India Company traded with the Papora and provide records of life among them. Not much is known about the history of the people of Papora, as records were destroyed in a mass genocide committed in 1670 by the Cheng Cheng-gong's forces following widespread resistance by Papora, Babuza, Taokas and Pazeh speaking peoples of the central plain.[1]
Papora, Wux'uran, Bopalat, Basagar, Babusagar | |
|---|---|
 Papora women dancing for the harvest festival. | |
| Total population | |
| Around 27 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Taiwan | |
| Languages | |
| Papora, Taiwanese, Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Taokas |
Notable people edit
- Jolin Tsai (born 1980), Taiwanese singer, has one fourth Papora blood.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Shepherd (1993), p. 102.
- ^ "平埔詩歌》Jolin 也是拍瀑拉後裔". Jolin Tsai's Official Website. Jolin Tsai's Official Website. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- Shepherd, John R. (1993). Statecraft and Political Economy on the Taiwan Frontier, 1600–1800. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Reprinted 1995, SMC Publishing, Taipei. ISBN 957-638-311-0.