However, also attracting attention is the question: Will this relocation hasten the decline of the culture of the Rukai, whose class structure and traditions had remained relatively intact? Or will it be a moment of opportunity to breathe new life into that culture?
另一方面，對階級制度和傳統文化仍保存相對完整的魯凱族而言，這次的大遷移是否將使其文化加速崩解，或者將因此危機而轉化成文化新生的契機？亦引起關注。