How many ethnic minorities are there in Taiwan I***

There are 14 ethnic minorities in Taiwan.

The 14 ethnic minorities total about 500,000 people, including the Yamei (Dawu), Amis, Kavalan, Sachileya, Peinan, Taroko, Saisiat, Taiya, Shao, Bunun, Sedek, Tsou, Rukai, Paiwan, and so on. Taiwan has become a "paradise for anthropologists".

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Wuhan, Oct. 22, 2013 (Xinhua):

Dai Jinhua, secretary-general of the China Association for Cross-Strait Minority Exchanges from Taiwan, on Oct. 22, donated 28 sets of men's and women's traditional dresses from 14 ethnic groups of Taiwan's ethnic minorities to the Central and South University for Nationalities (CSUN) in Wuhan, Hubei province, which is the first time that Taiwan's This is the first time that Taiwan's ethnic minority costumes have been centralized in a mainland institution of higher learning.

At the donation ceremony, 14 pairs of male and female students of the Central South University for Nationalities, dressed in beautiful colors and a variety of Taiwan's ethnic minority dresses, walked into the venue hand in hand to show the audience.

Li Jinlin, president of Central South University for Nationalities, said he was grateful to the China Cross-Strait Minority Exchange Association for supporting the university and caring for the cause of ethnic education, and that the 28 sets of Taiwan's ethnic minority dresses would enrich the university's ethnology museum collection, and moreover, would promote exchanges among ethnic minorities across the strait.

According to the school's introduction, the Museum of Ethnology of the Central South University for Nationalities, founded in 1953, is China's first professional museum named "Museum of Ethnology", and in recent years has received nearly 80,000 domestic and foreign visitors annually. The museum will set up a special area to display the 28 sets of costumes and consider taking them on a tour in the future.

References:

Taiwan Minorities - Baidu Encyclopedia

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The traditional costumes of 14 ethnic groups of Taiwan's ethnic minorities are centralized in mainland universities for the first time-Xinhua.com