Indigenous People Commission

　　The Muse Awards 2023 announced the winners for the first season: the highlight artwork “The Path to Dialogue with Ancestral Spirits” from the indigenous lantern area of the 2023 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei has won the Platinum Award in the Architectural Lighting category. The “Yuan Exhibition Area,” where the indigenous lantern area was located, also received the Platinum and Gold Awards in the Creative category, leading Taiwan's indigenous culture and art to the international stage!

　　The Muse Awards is an international competition hosted by the International Awards Association (IAA) and is the most influential international award in the global creative design field. The award-winning artwork “The Path to Dialogue with Ancestral Spirits,” which received the highest honor of the Platinum Award, was created by Iyo Kacaw, an Amis indigenous artist, who used the indigenous spiritual symbol “fire pit (heap)” as the main form. The artwork is 15 meters long, 7 meters high, and allows for 360-degree viewing of the lighting. He used nearly a hundred tons of Taiwanese camphor wood. The artwork was hand-cut, polished, and assembled over a period of nearly two months. It was accompanied by a theatrical sound and light show created by a Golden Melody-level producer, creating an impressive and majestic atmosphere. It received high praise from visitors during the lantern festival and became one of the must-see works in the exhibition area.

　　The “Yuan Exhibition Area” was the most talked-about and most artistic area of the lantern festival, and it received two Platinum and two Gold Awards in the Creative Awards for the indigenous lantern area, the new resident lantern area, and the Hakka lantern area. Especially, the Baroque Garden in the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, where the indigenous works were located, radiated the brightest light.

　　Indigenous Peoples Commission, Taipei City Government, expressed its gratitude for all the units that participated in the lantern festival, including the full support of the Council of Indigenous Peoples, as well as various indigenous artists, performance groups, volunteers, and others. The goal for the future is to “create a new indigenous community in Taipei,” and through the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei, not only to showcase the vitality and creativity of Taiwan's indigenous culture to international and domestic audiences but also receive recognition from international awards, as well as to attract more attention to the beauty of Taiwan's indigenous culture and art in the future.

The highlight artwork of the Indigenous Lantern Area, “The Path of Dialogue with Ancestral Spirits,” has been recognized with the MUSE Platinum Award

The indigenous artwork at The Baroque Garden in the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park radiated the brightest light

“The Path of Dialogue with Ancestral Spirits” was exhibited at the Baroque Garden in the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park

“The Path for Dialogue with Ancestral Spirits” can be viewed day and night