It is August, the height of summer, and amidst the Harvest Festival in Fataan Village, a middle-aged man takes advantage of a break in the ceremonies to adopt a heroic pose, hunting knife in hand, for the camera. At another end of the village, a small brown dog, panting as a result of the shining sun, amuses itself by running circles in the shade of a tree.
盛夏八月，東台灣的馬太鞍部落豐年祭裡，一名壯丁趁著祭典空檔，在鏡頭前高舉獵刀展示英姿；而部落的另一頭，被豔陽曬得氣喘吁吁的小黃狗，正百般無聊地在樹蔭下繞圈自娛… …