(JTA) It was a cool spring day in Yilan, a town on Taiwan’s northeast coast known for its picturesque rice fields and delicious spring onions. On a concrete clearing beneath a bridge that doubled as a ...

A complex 20th-century history allowed for few outside influences, but Israeli folk dances left a lasting impact. For many of these locals, the dances are familiar, almost second nature. All over the ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The World Music Festival at Taiwan will return for its eighth year in October to showcase Taiwan artists creating modern sounds with folk instruments, traditional performers, ...

The multi-instrumentalist Jen Shyu has emerged as one of the world's most heralded musical performers, blending traditional Taiwanese music with contemporary folk creations that she has written ...

As a proud member of Taiwan's Indigenous Paiwan community, Sauljaljui (戴曉君) weaves ancestral folk songs with experimental beats and global sounds, creating music that is both deeply ingrained in her ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In preparation for a folk song concert and fireworks display on Aug. 24, the Danhai Light Rail will adjust operations on the Green Mountain and Blue Coast lines. Starting at 2 p ...

One of the things I love most about dance is that it's universal - you can travel to any pocket of the world and find some form of dance. Movement as a form of expression is older than memory, vital ...

A delegation led by Wang Tingqi, deputy director of the Shandong provincial department of culture, visited Taiwan from July 6 to 11 to enhance cultural exchange and cooperation. The delegation visited ...

As part of the National Day celebrations, Taiwan Folk Customs Lantern Festival is set to take place at Chaoyang Park in Beijing from September 27 to October 7 to promote communication between the ...

Music could be used to track human migration patterns over history, new research suggests. That conclusion, described Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, came from examining a ...