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Orchid Island’s rocky history, Part 3/4

May 31, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genovaaboriginal cultures in Taiwan, aboriginal history, Austronesian language and cultures, Badaiwan Diving in Hengtou, cheap travel tour package deals, flying fox (Taiwanese fruit bat) or birdwing butterflies, formosa indigenous peoples, nuclear dumping on Orchid Island, Orchid Island Lanyu 蘭嶼, outdoor adventures, Scops owl, snorkeling and diving, Taipower, Taiwan eco-tourism, Taiwan travel, Tao tribe Yami 達悟族

Traditional boats on the beach of Hengtou. Photo: Trista di Genova Part One here; and Part 2 If the Tao people of Taiwan’s Orchid Island can overcome some modern-day challenges while celebrating and sharing their rich heritage, the future looks bright for this amazing but remote haven Check out this link at Travel & Culture…

Orchid Island’s problem won’t just go away, needs monitoring by scientific community

Beautiful Island health and wellbeing History

March 10, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1 Commentaboriginal, environment, Lanyu, nuclear dumping on Orchid Island, Orchid Island, Taipower, Taiwan indigenous peoples

The disposal site on Orchid Island for 'low-level' radioactive waste. Editorial / The Wild East Taipei Times‘ Dec. 2 editorial, “Living in a nuclear wasteland”, was an informative summary outlining the Tao people’s dilemma, praiseworthy in its attempt to put a spotlight on this issue in the run-up to January’s presidential elections. But this is…

Beautiful Island History

May 18, 2011October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1 Commentaboriginal culture in Taiwan, aboriginal peoples, anthropologist Peter Bellwood, Austronesian creation myths, Austronesian language and cultures, Barry Martinson, green island 綠島, indigenous peoples, Japanese in Taiwan, Kuomintang influence on tribal cultures, Lanyu Meteorological Observatory (蘭嶼氣象站), Lou Tsu-k’uang, nuclear, nuclear dumping on Orchid Island, Orchid Island, Orchid Island Lanyu 蘭嶼, Pacific Rim cultures, Phalaenopsis orchids, Presbyterians in Formosa, Small Heavenly Lake (小天池, Taiwan DNA and the Batanes, Taiwan history, Tao tribe, travel, Treaty of Shimonoseki, Xiao tien chih)., Yami, Yeying Village (Ivalino)

Photo: Trista di Genova If the Tao people of Taiwan’s Orchid Island can overcome some modern-day challenges while celebrating and sharing their rich heritage, the future looks bright for this amazing but remote haven. Check out this link at Travel & Culture magazine to read AmCham’s version of this article. By Trista di Genova, The…

Beautiful Island

June 29, 2010October 4, 2026Trista di Genova2 Commentsaboriginal culture in Taiwan, nuclear dumping on Orchid Island, Orchid Island, Tao tribe, Yami

A Special Report on Taiwan By Linda Gail Arrigo, with Si Jilgilan (Huang Ching-Wen) and Si Maraos (Chung Chi-Fu) The indigenous people of Orchid Island, an island off the southeast coast of Taiwan, are a small but distinct group – cut off from their closest relatives in the Philippines – among Taiwan’s remaining two percent…