Harvest Festival Held Under Shadow of Demolition Crisis

At the beginning of January this year Taoyuan County Government Agriculture Development Department’s plan to develop the riverside area of Danhan river, ‘Taoyuan Garden Area’, which was set to demolish homes and force the indigenous people of Kanjin Tribal Village to relocate was temporarily postponed following the joint protests of Kanjin villagers and local Han Chinese people from neighboring areas.  The decision to postpone demolition of the villager’s homes brought a sigh of relief from the community and allowed them to enjoy their annual harvest festival on the 12th of September. Those taking part in this year’s pageant included parties from both sides, which may explain the high numbers, doubling that of last year according to estimates.   Officials from the relevant government department also came to offer their best wishes and pray for an auspicious coming year.

Harvest Festival Held Under Shadow of Demolition Crisis (by CJ dkriver)
URL: http://www.peopo.org/news/60018

二、 迫拆危機暫除下的崁津部落豐

(以下為中文對照)

迫拆危機暫除下的崁津部落豐年祭 (公民記者 大堀溪小兵(dkriver) 報導)
URL: http://www.peopo.org/news/60018

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桃園縣政府農發處於大漢溪河畔規劃600公頃的「桃園花卉專區」案，原本被迫拆遷的原住民崁津部落，在族人和鄰近的漢人社區團結抗爭後，縣府終於在今年7月初的主管會議結論中宣佈「桃園花卉專區」繼續開發，但是有爭議的徵地部份緩徵緩拆，崁津部落得以稍喘一口氣，迎接9月12日的年度豐年祭。這場盛會的人潮據估計比去年成長了50％，因為緊張敵對的關係稍緩，相關單位的主管們都來亮相慶賀，要和部落共創美好的未來。