Perhaps because of their ties to the sea, the Yami always wish to return to their island home, unlike other indigenous peoples in Taiwan who tend to move from the mountains to the plains and want to stay there.
也許是海洋的召喚，雅美人不同於其他族的原住民，多數山地原住民一旦遷居平地，便不打算再回去；但雅美青年心裡時時惦著那個美麗的島嶼，「回家」的念頭也不時浮現。