Sakinu was born in Taitung County's Hsinhsianglan Village, where even men of his father's generation never wore traditional Paiwan clothing. During the harvest ceremony, they wore Amis outfits.
的確，對於出身於台東縣新香蘭部落的撒可努而言，包括他的父親都沒有穿過排灣族的傳統服裝。