There are 14 Aboriginal Tribes in the island of Taiwan. They are constantly fighting to be seen, to be heard, and simply to be. All of the tribes used song and dance to tell stories, preserve family histories, so these people often have these amazing innate talents. Within, the Paiwan Tribe, there is this amazing group called Matzka. They infused reggae into their traditional tribal music and created an amazing sound using a lot of their mother tongue in the songs. To me, their pure love for music, for performance, for their people is amazing. (FYI: All the tribal languages including Taiwanese are ‘dead languages’ meaning they are not taught in school. The only way to preserve the language is by passing it down--and we AIRA sisters understand/speak one of them!) So not only is their sound new to Asian pop culture, it’s making a statement.



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Tags: Aboriginal Taiwanese Band, Matzka and Dehot, Paiwan Tribe