The ATAYAL organization launches an international culture exchange program for students of the Austronesian tribal groups. With the Tap Root program, the organization and partners around the globe will support participating schools from tribal communities in Taiwan to host students from other Austronesian tribes of the world, teaching their language and traditional culture. Exchange students will return to their people to share their experiences to promote mutual understanding and strengthen bonds among Austronesian groups. As trust is strengthened between tribes, these seeds may develop into future cultural and economic exchange activities that will help communities to flourish.

An exchange program between a Maori school in New Zealand and an Atayal school in Taiwan will serve as the model for the program.

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Voices In the Clouds is an award-winning documentary film project supported by ATAYAL, to share the story of a disappearing indigenous culture with the world. After screening at film festivals in the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, the film is scheduled to have its Australia & Oceania premiere at the Wairoa Maori Film Festival in Wairoa, New Zealand. Look for other ATAYAL-supported media projects in the future.

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