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Blue
in Love, On the Road
The Puyuma Tribe has a history of
music that permeates village life in southeastern Taiwan.
While traditional songs are still the mainstay in the Nanwang
Village ceremonies and rituals, guitar music and rich blues
voices fuse with tradition in the contemporary compositions
of Hao-en and Jiajia, the next generation of Puyuma musicians.
Hao-en began to play blues guitar when he was just 14 years
old. Through the years, he could often be seen with a guitar
on his knee, or strumming a tune while lying on his back
-- almost as though the guitar had become an extension of
his body.
Jiajiaˇ¦s instrument is her spirit-filled voice, a voice
which knew how to sing even before it could speak.
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