Origins: It is believed that the sacrificial ceremony took root some 500 years ago, when the Saisiat lived side-by-side with a negrito pygmy tribe known as "spartai," who taught them the arts of farming, weaving and building.
要瞭解這個富有神秘色彩的祭典，必須先瞭解它的起源。這個賽夏族代代相傳的祭典，據說已有五百餘年的歷史。因該族沒有文字，它的來源沒有文獻可考，只有根據族中長老的傳述。相傳在很久以前，賽夏族與他們稱之為「斯巴達艾」的矮人生活在一起。