Meaning of Taimali | Babel Free

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A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.

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“After leaving Chihpen, ride south through Taimali, passing fields of day-lily flowers. The bright orange flowers from this area are considered a superior ingredient for Taiwanese soups and sautés.”

“New suspected cases of the disease have also been found in the eastern city of Hualien and in an aboriginal tribe in remote Taimali, Agence France-Presse reported.[…] In Taimali, a woman from one of the ethnic Malay tribes that dominated the island before mainland Chinese began arriving three centuries ago was ruled a SARS victim five days after her death.”

“Migration to the cities for work or higher education has also reduced the number of tribe members still living on the land. Religious differences, brought on by exposure to Taiwanese and Western missionaries, have also led to differences and discord between the various tribes. But activists such as Sakinu -- who goes by just one name and runs a community center in Taimali -- warn that the island’s 13 recognized tribes, totaling about 400,000 of Taiwan’s 23 million population, could lose their land, rights and identities unless they cling to their roots and unify their ranks.”

“A traditional bamboo raft was on Monday launched in Taitung County’s Taimali Township (太麻里) as part of a Taiwanese-Japanese project to explore a sea route between Taiwan and Okinawa that might have been traveled 30,000 years ago.”

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