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The meeting place of the aborigines from Dabang Community of Tsou in Ali Mountain

NCL Special Collection / 4197 / Printed in Japan / About 1920s / 《Faces of the Century (Part I)》

There is a public area, also known as the meeting place, inside Tsou tribe. It differs depending on the size of the community. It usually has thatch rooftop, floor of one meter high, no walls and animal bone racks. The place is where male of the entire community gather.