Case file · Folklore / legend
Pas-ta'ai: the Saisiyat ritual for the little people
Every two years the Saisiyat hold a ritual to appease the Ta'ai, a short dark people they say they killed long ago, whose spirits brought famine; Japanese-era ethnographers recorded it in the early 20th century.
1915 CE · 24.59, 121.01 · status: account
The account
The Ta'ai taught the Saisiyat songs and dances before leaving. The southern group gathers at Xiangtian Lake in Nanzhuang; the northern at Wufeng. A larger ritual is held every ten years.