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Overview

CIP identifies Tsou/Cou as a self-name glossed as people. It places communities at Alishan in Chiayi and at Jiumei (Luhdu) in Nantou.

The council names the Tapang, Tfuya and Luhdu communities. It describes historical patrilineal subclans, houses and shared resources.

CIP associates Homeyaya with the millet harvest and documents Mayasvi specifically for Tapang and Tfuya, not for every community. It notes that Christianization and rice cultivation altered rituals and that communities later revived them.

Tapang, Tfuya and Luhdu named communitiesHistorical patrilineal subclans with shared resourcesMayasvi documented specifically for Tapang and Tfuya
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History & identity

A maple-leaf origin legend is a cultural narrative attributed to the community, not a factual account of ethnogenesis.

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Sources & representation

A single undated CIP page (text lines 96, 98, 119 and 127), retrieved 2026-10-06.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

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    Cou

    Council of Indigenous Peoples, Taiwan · n.d.

    Selected bibliography; undated institutional overview and sole source for this profile.

Language & cultural connections

Source-supported language and cultural connections have not yet been compiled for this profile.

References

Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.

  1. Government institutional webpageCouResearch access: 2026-10-06

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