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Awards honor original music in native tongues

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

By Ho Yi  /  Staff reporter

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.

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).

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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/08/12/2003540096
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