Each year, nevertheless, at dawn on the fifth day of the ninth lunar month, nocturnal sacrifices of the Sirayan tribe are held at Kamasua in Tungshan Township, Tainan County. Not only is this rite the most authentic of the sacrificial rites of the lowland Aborigines, it also provides a glimpse into the Sirayans 'communication with their ancestral spirits and serves as an important marker of their self-identity.
每年農曆九月五日凌晨，位於台南縣東山鄉的吉貝耍西拉雅族夜祭，不僅是「原」味最純正的平埔族祭典，也是現代西拉雅族人與祖靈相遇，自我認同最珍貴的線索。