ABSTRACT
The formulation of "cultural tradition" is based on the manipulation and interpretation by a particular people themselves, especially when the tradition is utilized as a powerful element to maintain ethnic boundaries. Cultural change among indigenous Taiwanese peoples has attracted the attention of some of Taiwan's anthropologists. Generally speaking, conversion to Christianity among aborigines has been a continuing phenomenon since the 1950s, when intensive contacts between these peoples and Han-Chinese appeared, and the traditional cultural system of aborigines was broken down with great speed. Most cases of ethnic tourism are "tourism of inferior aborigines," involving contact between the aborigines and temporary intruders, such as tourists, travel agents, and state representatives. The continuous impact of the Han population, culture, and political-economic system has disorganized Daiyan tradition, but the Daiyan in reaction, have created a set of new traditions, that is expressive culture of the dance performances, for the purpose of earning a living through tourism.
