LINK: LOOSING YOUR HEAD AMONG THE TATTOOED HEADHUNTERS OF TAIWAN by Lars Krutak
“Taiwan, formerly known as Ilha Formosa (Portuguese for ‘beautiful
island’), is a mountainous island lying approximately one hundred miles
south of Mainland China. Today perhaps less than two percent of the
total population is indigenous occupying the central mountainous region,
the coastal plains, and a large portion of the southeastern hill
country. Traditionally, twelve, or more than one half, of the aboriginal
tribes practiced tattooing. They included both plains and mountain
tribes…