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Originally Posted by tranquility
Speaking of something w an 'ethnic' vibe (at least from an Euro-centric pov), for the longest time I always thought that the chanting in this beautiful song was from some native here in North America, but turns out it was some natives from Taiwan, and apparently the group tried to appropriate them w/o giving their due. Anyway...
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The Taiwan aboriginal people are called "mountain people" in Chinese and are not of Chinese origin. I've heard them described as proto-Malayan or ancestors of the Southeast Asian peoples. When I lived in Taiwan some almost 50 years ago I think their culture was disappearing fast.
The chanting sounds native American to me, too; but I have no idea of the Taiwan aboriginal language.