The Yami People Of Lanyu. Richly decorated Yami boat. The bow is fitted with a feather-trimmed cross, the circle symbolizes the celestial eye looking...台灣
The Yami People Of Lanyu. After returning from their fishing expeditions, Yami people remove their silver helmets and thanks the sea.
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The silver helmets and the colourfully decorated boats, made from a single piece of wood, are two main peculiarities of the...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Richly decorated Yami boat. The bow is fitted with a feather-trimmed cross, the circle symbolizes the celestial eye looking...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The silver helmets and the colourfully decorated boats, made from a single piece of wood, are the two main peculiarities of...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The 'hair dance' is a traditional ritual among the Yamis: when the men come back from their fishing expeditions with a good...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. During the winter time, when temperature drops, Yamis retire in their winter houses underground, where earth provides a...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Yami posing next to the silver helmets which are hung after returning from the fishing expedition.
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The Yami women traditionally tend the fields, cultivating millet, sweet potatoes and orchids;these flowers grow abundantly...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Richly decorated Yami boat. The bow is fitted with a feather-trimmed cross, the circle symbolizes the celestial eye looking...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The Christian cross amidst a people of unalterable tradition. This is the Yami sole concession to the outside world despite...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Yami pirogues are unique. The hulls of the boats have painting of human forms and eyes on them to ward off evil spirits and...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. This is the oldest helmet on Orchid Island. The objects around it are those comprising the everyday life of the Yamis: a...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Tongchin Beach - The ?Volangat? helmets of the Yamis are made from silver coins retrieved from shipwrecks. Most Yamis have...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The silver helmets and the colourfully decorated boats, made from a single piece of wood, are two main peculiarities of the...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. A Yami crouched next to his winter home where the pirogue is stored during the winter time. The Yamis are a people who live...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Four thirty in the morning on Yen-Yu beach: the fishermen get ready to brave the waves and evil spirits, well protected by...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. While the men are out at sea fishing or hunting in the mountains, the Yami women traditionally tend to the fields,...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Silver helmets are handed down from father to son. Oral legend tells that the silver used for the helmets comes from wrecks...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The 'hair dance' is a traditional ritual among the Yamis: when the men come back from their fishing expeditions with a good...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. While the men are out at sea fishing or hunting in the mountains, the Yami women traditionally tend to the fields,...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Like an astronaut, a Yami stares through the two square black holes at eye level.
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Tongchin Beach - The silver helmets have two square holes from which the Yami can observe everything and not be seen. A...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Detail of a fresco in the Yami place of worship of Hungtou. The altar in this church is shaped like a fish;the Yami worship...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The Yamis dress differently according to the task at hand for the day: they wear their silver helmets for fishing and daily...台灣
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The bow of the pirogue is fitted with a feather-trimmed cross, evoking the ambiguity of the flying fish: half amphibian,...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. View of Yami church of worship. The pirogue, so important for Yami life, is painted on the side of the main entrance.
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Two Yami in their typical rattan armour nowadays used only for hunting wild boars in the bush surrounding the mountains on...台灣
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The silver helmets of the Yamis have a direct relationship with their fishing activities. When twilight falls on Orchid...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. View of Yami church of worship. The pirogue, so important for Yami life, is painted on the side of the main entrance.
The Yami People Of Lanyu. The Christian cross amidst a people of unalterable tradition. This is the Yami sole concession to the outside world despite...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. During the winter time, when temperature drops, Yamis retire in their winter houses underground, where earth provides a...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. After returning from their fishing expeditions, Yami people remove their silver helmets and thanks the sea.
The Yami People Of Lanyu. Interior of one of the oldest Yami houses on Orchid Island. ?The interior of the houses was definitely the hardest thing to...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. During the winter time, when temperature drops, Yamis retire in their winter houses underground, where earth provides a...
The Yami People Of Lanyu. When twilight falls, the silver helmets are hung by the top and allowed to sway in the wind like shining silvery lanterns.
The Yami People Of Lanyu. At the end of a day at sea - The Yamis always wear their silver helmets when they go out at sea for their fishing...
