<font><font face="georgia,serif">Awards honor original music in native tongues<br><br>TAIWAN ORIGINAL MUSIC: The awards honor unreleased songs in Hoklo, Hakka and Aboriginal languages, with Kao Chung-chieh and Huang Wei-chieh among the winners<br>
<br>By Ho Yi / Staff reporter<br> <br>The Taiwan Original Music Awards, now in it ninth year, honored aspiring musicians creating works in Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese), Hakka and Aboriginal languages yesterday at the CPC Building in Taipei.<br>
<br>Co-organized by the Ministry of Culture, Hakka Affairs Council and Council of Indigenous People, the annual event is designed to serve as a platform to encourage young talent to make music using their native tongues. Many bands and musicians have performed at the awards before they broke into the mainstream, such as Matzka (瑪斯卡樂團) of the Paiwan tribe and Amis singer-songwriter Suming (舒米恩).<br>
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