dǎ'ěr​jì

Ear-Shooting Festival

Senses

打耳祭 dǎ'ěr​jì Ear-Shooting Festival

A major festival of the Bunun indigenous people of Taiwan to celebrate a successful hunt and pray for safety; the name refers to the practice of using the ears of deer or wild boar as targets for archery practice during the ceremony.

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