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Siraya People is a branch of Pingpu people, the earliest aboriginal peoples in Taiwan to communicate with external cultures. While about 60% of the residents of it are descendants of Aboriginal Tribe Shu Pan, Ka-Bua Sua tribe maintains the traditional culture of pot worship of Siraya People. The night sacrificial rite and activity of the tribe was recognized as National Key Folk Activity in 2013. Therefore, we take the residents of Ka-Bua Sua tribe in Tainan as the object of this research, and explore how the Siraya People build up identity and form a community by the interaction during pot worship from the perspective of symbolic interactionism, so as to further explore the interrelation between "symbol", "pot worship", and "ethnic group". Due to limited researches exploring ethnic group's cultural identity from the perspective of symbolic interactionism, this research hoped to acquire an insight into the essential meaning of pot worship belief of Siraya People by using the approach of social science. Firstly, this research examined Ka-Bua Sua residents' sense of identity on Siraya pot worship culture by following methods, includes reviewing and analyzing various papers about pot worship belief. Then, it observed residents' attitude toward the pot worship by participating in night sacrificial rite and the tribe’s activities. Finally, local residents, literature and history workers were interviewed. Due to the cultivation of Han culture, Siraya People has almost lost its original or objective characteristics as indigenous people. This research finds that the pot worship belief has never been extinguished or interrupted in Ka-Buga Sua tribe in the past hundreds of years. In the implying meaning of sacrificial pot symbol, the trace of cultural exchange between Pingpu and Han people is obvious. By learning from the experience of communication with other peoples, Ka-Bua Sua residents gradually shaped the conceptual identity of their own ethnic group and the sense of common prosperity. They also make efforts to bring the innovative elements for the traditional base and pass down the culture to the next generation through education.
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