At the end of last year, a group of graffiti artists from Taiwan and abroad visited Tannan Elementary School in Nantou County’s Xinyi Township and painted graffiti on the school’s walls. Thanks to their decorative effort, the school and the community look novel and colorful. The school hopes the graffiti will attract more tourists to the ethnic Bunun village, which also has fireflies and diverse plant life, and is planning to provide in-depth tour programs combining the local attractions to revitalize the area.
Tannan Elementary School principal Lu Chiu-ming says the artists – mixing street style with Bunun aesthetics – have painted walls all over the village with colorful and vibrant graffiti. As local attitudes toward the project turned from skepticism to support, some residents began inviting the artists to paint the walls of their houses. A villager who sells Bunun-style roasted whole hogs even asked artists to paint the restaurant’s roasted hog logo on its outer wall.
Xinyi Township Mayor Shih Chiang says Tannan Village has a very well-preserved firefly habitat and a studio exhibiting Bunun hunting implements. If the graffiti in the village can boost its popularity, along with the natural and cultural assets it already has, Shen believes that it can bring more development to Tannan and benefit the tourist industry in the nearby areas.
(Liberty Times, translated by Yu-an Tu)
南投信義鄉去年底一批國內外街頭彩繪創作者，到潭南國小彩繪牆面，將學校與社區點綴得新潮繽紛。校方希望藉由彩繪帶動布農部落觀光，結合當地的螢火蟲與多元植物生態，提供深度旅遊，再造部落生機。
潭南國小校長呂秋明表示，去年這批藝術創作者融合街頭味與布農風格，將部落各處牆面彩繪得多采多姿，地方也從觀望轉而支持，甚至邀請他們彩繪房屋外牆，更有從事布農烤大豬的民眾請藝術家在餐廳外牆彩繪烤大豬商標。
信義鄉長史強則說，潭南擁有螢火蟲的完整生態棲息地，還有布農打獵器物的展示坊，若能透過部落彩繪吸引人氣，結合既有的生態與文化內涵，相信可為潭南帶來發展，並嘉惠周邊地區的觀光產業。
(自由時報記者劉濱銓)
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