- Ritual
- easmoyʉskʉ／easmoeuska
- Region and community
- 台湾・阿里山／鄒族
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Taiwan, Province of China18 yearsTaiwan, Province of China · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Among the Tsou people of Alishan, Taiwan, easmoyʉskʉ, also written easmoeuska, is a boys’ coming-of-age rite held within Mayasvi. Public sources describe elders teaching responsibility, initiates changing into adult clothing, and participants gaining the standing to join community ceremonies alongside adults. After the rite, a youth is recognized as a Tsou man who may establish a household.
The evidence includes an interview conducted with an elder of the Tefuye community in 2015 and a 2021 Indigenous television cultural feature. These sources establish the rite’s social meaning and continued place within Mayasvi, but they do not document an individual ceremony held in 2026.
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