- Ritual
- Baintusan（ブヌン族成年礼）
- Region and community
- 台湾・ブヌン族／台東県延平郷
- 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
On 30 August 2025, Bunun youth in Taoyuan village, Yanping Township, Taitung, revived Baintusan after an interruption of about a century. A ritual specialist blessed the participants with miscanthus; ear-blowing, a change into traditional clothing, and a symbolic enactment of the former tooth-removal practice followed.
Young participants described the day as a step toward independence and responsibility. The organizers saw it as a passage into maturity and service to the community. Where the older rite involved removing teeth, the 2025 ceremony used a symbolic gesture.
The government’s 2026 calendar listed a Bunun coming-of-age observance in May under the names Bintusan and Pasantamul.
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