Pas-vake is part of the traditional Saisiyat agricultural ceremony. It takes place twice a year; the first festival comes after the sowing is over, addressing to the ancestral spirits that the task has been completed, and the second one happens after the harvest. The significance of Pas-vake is twofold: in religious terms the festival invites the ancestors to share the food with the living Saisiyat people through rituals and asks for the ancestors’ favor at the same time; for economic purposes Pas-vake is an occasion in which people supplicates for good fortune in farming and hunting. Pas-vake also confirms and consolidates the identity conferred by the Pas-vakean to its members as a way to come to terms with and symbolically transcend the difference of backgrounds and geographical origins.

祖靈祭為賽夏族傳統農事祭儀一部分，一年舉行二次，一次在播種後，為向祖先報告已完成了播種的工作，另一次在稻米收割後。賽夏族祖靈祭具有兩層意涵，在信仰上，透過儀式請祖先來共食以照顧祖先同時祈求祖先的保佑；而在經濟上則是透過儀式祈求祖先保佑作物與獵獲豐收。此外，亦透過祖靈祭儀式過程使姓氏祭團成員身分獲得確認及認同，以面對或象徵地超越血緣與地緣關係上的不一致。

祖靈祭(賽夏族)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
tsu ling chi(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
zǔ líng jì(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
zu ling ji(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Pas-vake(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....活動層面
........事件 (層級名)
............事件 (概念)
................節日 (事件)
....................文化節日
........................<臺灣原住民節慶>
............................祖靈祭 (賽夏族)

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祖靈祭(賽夏族)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	文化真實與展演：賽夏、排灣經驗 (1998) 61-86
.................	賽夏族的宗教及其功能 (1968) 83-119
.................	台灣大學人類學研究所碩士論文 (1987)
.................	血緣、地緣與儀式：向天湖賽夏族三儀式之探討 (1989) 109-142
Pas-vake............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	文化真實與展演：賽夏、排灣經驗 (1998) 61-86
.................	賽夏族的宗教及其功能 (1968) 83-119
.................	台灣大學人類學研究所碩士論文 (1987)
.................	血緣、地緣與儀式：向天湖賽夏族三儀式之探討 (1989) 109-142

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聯合目錄： 祖靈祭 、tsu ling chi 、zǔ líng jì 、zu ling ji 、Pas-vake