Students were required to list their ancestral homes then, and when Pan wrote “Taipei,” his teacher rejected it as impossible. Kipatauw descendant Weng Cheng-te, right, passes the torch to a younger community member during last November’s autumn festival at the Ketagalan Culture Center in Taipei. But with his music career gaining momentum and still feeling new to his Ketagalan identity, he says he remains unsure how much time and knowledge he can meaningfully contribute. “We also wanted to expose our child to temple culture. But what he believes later is up to him.”Pan says he has little interest in researching Ketagalan identity himself, noting that even growing up, elders rarely spoke about it.

Source: Taipei Times February 07, 2026 17:14 UTC