Indohdohan celebrates the babies born to the tribe and is one of the traditional rites of passage in the Bunun culture. It takes place at full moon between the harvest festival (known as Cin-san) and the storage festival (known as An-daza). New born babies are introduced to the members of the tribe and a blessing necklace will be put on to their necks.
The necklace is called matalunas and it is made of glass beads. It is among the inventory of things that the baby’s parents should prepare before Indohdohan; other objects include home-made millet wine and puh-da (“millet cake”). The mother will kill a rooster and put the necklace on babies according to the order of their birth time. The father will invite tauta-tagus to give blessing to the babies, and invited guests are to give a round of gallantry report known as mapulau. Finally there will be a party in which people share millet cakes. The necklace will be removed and carefully preserved by nightfall.
嬰兒祭為布農族傳統生命儀禮,於小米豐收祭(Cin-san)或儲倉祭(An-daza)月圓期間舉行,介紹當年度新生兒給部落成員認識,並為其戴上象徵祝福的項鍊。
祭典前應由其父母準備自釀小米酒、琉璃珠項鍊(matalunas)以及小米糕(puh-da)。母親會在當天宰殺公雞並按順序為嬰兒戴上琉璃珠項鍊,父親則邀請賜福者(tauta-tagus)前來祝福,男性賓客於家中舉行報戰功(mapulau),最後以小米糕分享給大家食用,並在天黑前儀式性取下項鍊保存。
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