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4.Truku Weaving Song
[
Song of Weaving Tools] [Song of Weaving] [Song of Making Cloth] [Song 1 of Display]
[
Song 2 of Display] [Song of Presentation]
       (1)Song of Making Cloth:
       (2)Music and lyrics: Collected by Ching-hsiang Hu (Traditional ancient tune of Truku)
       (3)MIDI music production: Shi-wei Yan
     (4)Synopsis:

The song briefly introduces weaving process by using traditional weaving machine, with the whole heart and absorbedly, implying excellent products can be made when one channeling all energy and seriously doing the work with superior skills. It endows people the sense of accomplishment, as a big deal with happiness and honor in one’s life.

     (5)Trial language classroom:

Pung( the sound “peng” in weaving when the rod/knife hits cotton thread to firm it) Tminun( weave)    Mnda(experience)    Saw( strip)    Ni(; this; and)  Msusa(production course)  Kana( all)    Lukus( clothes)    Nii( this) Paru( big)  Ta( we)  Bi( very, so)    Qrasun(appy things) Win( friend, associate)    Drumut( serious)    Emblaiq( luck, happiness)  Baga( hand)    Daha( their)    Snalu( make)  Taya( very, more )  Suyang( excellent, good)

     (6)Music download:
MIDI(Original songs):[Song of Weaving Tools] [Song of Weaving] [Song of Making Cloth] [Song 1 of Display] [Song 2 of Display] [Song of Presentation]
MIDI(Collected, comprosed, and produced by Guan-ting Lin:):[01][02][03][04][05][06][07][08][09][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
MIDI(Produced by Mr. Shou-liang Hsu:):[We are a family][Happiness Song]
MP3:[Happiness Song] [Song of Weaving] [Song of agriculture][Song of decapitating]
Compiler:
Ching-hsiang Hu
Editor:
Sheng-tu Yang, Lin Yang, Jin-cheng Wu
Publisher: Hualien County Truku Development Association
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