Rukai people
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The Rukai (Rukai: Drekay) are one of the indigenous people of Taiwan. They consist of six communities residing in southern Taiwan (Budai, Labuan, Tanan, Maga, Mantauran, and Tona), each of which has its own dialect of the Rukai language. As of the year 2014, the Rukai numbered 12,699,[1] and is the seventh-largest of the 13 officially recognized indigenous groups in Taiwan. The Rukai were formerly called Tsarisen or Tsalisen, which means "people living in the mountain".
Total population | |
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12,699 (2014) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Taiwan | |
Languages | |
Rukai, Mandarin | |
Religion | |
Animism, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Taiwanese Aborigines |
The Rukai people honored the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) and the hundred pacer (Deinagkistrodon acutus), which they believe to be the spirit of their ancestor.[2][better source needed]