A bamboo slap Because Puyuma culture lacked writing, there are no detailed records of the specific features of the various ceremonies. Therefore the only way for us to get a picture of the Puyuma monkey festival was to visit the people of Hsiapinlang and examine studies done by scholars.
由於卑南族過去沒有文字，無法將祭典進行的程序精確地記錄，因此我們只好訪談下賓朗村的族人，以及借重學者曾做過的研究，拼湊出傳統卑南猴祭的概貌。