Sun Ta-chuan explains that in Puyuma culture, young men are seen as a "newly rising" force, so their part of the ceremony is held up front. This tradition is also evidenced in the Puyuma myth about the relations between brothers.
孫大川說，在卑南文化中，少年代表的是一種「新生」的力量，所以由他們先打頭陣，這種傳統，也可以由卑南神話中兄弟的關係獲得印證。