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BACKGROUND
Information: A country.
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, is an island state in East Asia. While not connected, its neighbors include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
The island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, was inhabited by aborigines before the 17th century, when Dutch and Spanish colonies opened the island to immigration.
Taiwan held strategic wartime importance as Imperial Japanese military campaigns first expanded and then contracted over the course of World War II.
Popular Dance: Lion Dance
Languages: Formosan, Mandarin Chinese
Religions: Buddhism, Taoism
REFERENCE
- Young Amateurs with a Mission, article by Leu Chien-ai in Free China Review 40:4 (Apr 1990), pp.40-7. Abstract: Profiles the Lan Yang Dancers, an amateur Taiwanese folk dance troupe, founded by missionary Gian Carlo Michelini.
DOCUMENTS
- Asia, a region.
- Beware of Gift Giving Customs in Foreign Lands, a list.
- China, a country.
- Far East, a region.
- National Geographic Magazine Folklore Index 1914-1997, a list.
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