Since their conversion to Christianity, the millet song is rarely performed as a ritual, and the hunting and other songs have become more important as a cohesive force for ethnic identity.
然而族人說信了基督教之後，為避免迷信，就很少當成占卜儀式來唱了；而布農族的狩獵傳統在玉山國家公園實施禁獵後，相關歌謠也演化成凝結族人向心力的了。