Panay Mulu, who is executive director of the Foundation for Aboriginal Music, Culture, and Education of Taiwan, and who has been studying Ami ritual music for more than a decade, takes Tungchang as an example. "Over the past few years, six Tungchang shamans have died, but only three new ones have entered the ranks. Now there are only 15 left."
「這幾年來，六位東昌村巫師去世，新加入的只有三位，目前只餘十五位」，研究阿美族祭儀音樂十多年的原住民音樂文教基金會執行長巴奈．母路，點出巫師凋零的現況。