The shaman is the means by which indigenous people communicate with the souls of their ancestors. In their cosmology, although the spirit world is clearly separated from the human world, the two realms are still accessible to each other, and every thing--from daily life to festivals to war--can be influenced by the powers of spirits and ancestors.
巫術是原住民和祖靈鬼神連繫的重要管道，在他們的精神世界裡，祖靈雖然和人間陰陽兩隔，卻是息息相關，從食衣住行，到娛樂、征戰，處處受到鬼神和祖靈的力量影響。