Harvest festival at Nanhe Village - joyful millet weightlifting

Annual indigenous harvest festivals abound between the months of July and September. In former years, the standard competitive lifting weight in Pingtung’s Nanhe Village was 200 to 400 kg; this year, however, in a bid to rekindle traditional customs, the lifting weight of millet has been reduced to 180 kg, not only attracting many more participants to the competition, but also bringing the village’s main street back to life with a real flavor of the traditional life. 

‘Papuljiva’ is another ceremony held at the harvest festival, where in the darkness of night, young people from the tribe tie five pieces of wood together and deliver them to the home of a girl as a sign of their adoration; sometimes the same ceremony is carried out by at least 100 men, who work together to deliver 100 pieces of wood. Provided there is mutual consent, the families of boys and girls who are not yet of age can carry out the ceremony on their behalf. Sometimes the chiefs of tribes also use the ceremony to convey sentiments that are viewed as an action of alliance.  

Harvest festival at Nanhe Village - joyful millet weightlifting 

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(以下為中文對照)
原鄉南和部落收穫祭 民俗競技負重小米樂
收穫祭情柴送百根 情繫親族與部落情

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每年7月至9月份，原住民的祭儀活動非常多，屏東南和部落的負重競技，往年的標準都在200到400公斤，但是今年為了找回傳統習俗，堅持用小米做為負重素材，除了降低重量為180公斤，吸引更多人參與之外，也恢復到部落街道進行，增加了不少的濃濃的古早味。

另外，送情柴（papuljiva）也是排灣族人在收穫祭期間會舉辦的活動，有青年們趁著黑夜，將五根木柴綁成一把，偷偷把柴火送到女方家的庭院，以表達愛慕的心意。也有男子動用部落族人至少100位，送一百根木柴到女子家中，表達他對這位女子的傾慕之意。如果是男女雙方家長彼此同意，亦可由家長為未成年的男女，代為辦理送情柴。在部落族群中兩個勢力相當的頭目，也用papuljiva來聯絡雙方情感，或視為結盟的行為。