Annual Fund Raising Event Featuring Bunun Cultural Troupe

TAFSD/TACC's annual fundraising event will be held at 3pm on Sunday, November 10, in the TACC auditorium. The purpose of this event is to raise funds to support TACC operation. This year, we are inviting The Bunun Cultural Troupe to present a special performance, called "Voice in the Valley".

The Bunun Cultural Troupe consists of people from the aboriginal Bunun tribe of Hsinyi Rural Township, Nantou County. Bunu tribe people make their living primarily by cultivating fruits and vegetables, and their culture and arts are inseparable from their daily activities. Thus, the performances of the Bunun Cultural Troupe usually take a natural, simple, and pure form that reflects in their lifestyles.

In strong contrast to other aboriginal tribes, the Bunun people have very little dance music. Nevertheless, they have marvelous talent for music, especially singing. When ribe people gather, they sing and harmonize music that expresses all aspects of their lives. The main characteristic of their music is "improvised polyphonic singing", which is one of the most studied elements by musicologists. In this style, each singer attentively listens to the others in order to achieve the most harmonious tune. To share with the whole world, they have translated the genuineness and beauty of the traditional Bunun culture for the modern stage through an artistically designed musical presentation.

TAFSD/TACC cordially invites everyone to attend this fundraising event, which will also feature silent and live auctions and a dinner banquet at Emerald Chinese Seafood Restaurant. Of particular interest, one of the Bunun musical instruments, Ma Turtur, will be auctioned. The fundraising ticket is $300 per person or $3,000 for a table of ten people. For more information, please call TACC at 858-560-8884.