During Atayal festivals the roads are lined with bamboo sticks to attract the spirits, and on these sticks hang small "gift bags"; Yuma had never understood why the elders were so apparently miserly with their gift bags, but later she realized that the "less is more" philosophy had grown from ancient appreciation for the limited resources available to the village and for the need to live in harmony with nature.
因此，在泰雅祭典中，沿路插著用來呼喚祖靈的竹枝，上面垂掛著一個個小祭物包，以前尤瑪不明白長輩對祖先何以這麼「小氣」，後來她體會到，因為原住民的物資有限，「少就是多」顯示了祖先的體貼，以及和自然共存的智慧。