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Lloa people
Ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lloa is a group of Austronesian indigenous Formosan people living in the southern plain of Taiwan from Yunlin, Jiayi, to northern Tainan.[1] They have lived through the Dutch colonization of Taiwan, as well as the Manchurian occupation during the Qing dynasty.[2]
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Lloa | |
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![]() The illustration depicts some plain indigenous man and woman, possibly of Lloa people, in Tirosen. | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Yunlin and Chiayi in Taiwan | |
Languages | |
Lloa, Taiwanese, Mandarin | |
Religion | |
Animism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Hoanya, Arikun |
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Lloa are generally classified together with the Hoanya and Arikun as a single group, which idea has been rejected by some scholars and the indigenous people themselves.[2]