Rutgers TASA

A soft pastel sky fades into evening 🌸✨ as the world settles into a cozy glow. The air feels calmer, the colors feel sweeter, and the night begins to sparkle with a warm, whimsical charm 🎀🌙

Lanterns flicker to life across a field of white tents🏕️, and the atmosphere fills with music, laughter, and the aroma of Taiwanese street food 🧋🥟
It feels like stepping into a little world of its own…

Rutgers TASA x Nu Alpha Phi proudly presents our 🌟23rd Annual TASA Nightmarket🌟

🍓🎡ᕼEᒪᒪO TᗩIᗯᗩᑎ 🎡🍓

For one magical night, experience a Taiwan nightmarket with a playful, cozy twist 🎀✨

🎯 Play through a variety of fun games and activities
🪙 Collect tokens as you explore and use them to exchange for food, snacks, and drinks or even get a chance to win amazing prizes 🎁✨
🍜 Enjoy authentic Taiwanese eats from and
🥐 Grab pastries and buns from and
🧋 And don’t forget boba from .usa
🎤 Take a break and enjoy performances from talented Rutgers groups lighting up the stage all night long 🪩✨

🏆🎉Stay tuned for token information, prizes, giveaways and more!🪅🎈

OPENS: Friday, April 10th @ 6:00 PM
LOCATION: Livingston Lawn, Next to LSC (100 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, NJ)

We can’t wait to welcome you into a night full of lights, games, and cozy memories 💖🌙

Travel With TASA ✈️
s_22: Hello Everyone! I’m Justin, and today I want you all to learn more about a tribe I’m presenting - the people of Hla'alua! Also called the Saaroan people, this tribe was recognized by the Taiwanese government back in 2014. They live in Gaozhong Village, Taoyuan Village in Taoyuan District, and Maya Village in Namaxia District, Kaohsiung City.

With fewer than 10 native speakers and an ethnic population of 400 people, the Hla'alua Language is considered to be critically endangered. Even among native speakers of the language, Mandarin or Bunun is the primary language spoken in daily life.

The Hla’alua people are good at hunting and tanning and have developed leather crafts and leather products, with leather clothes and leather headgear as standard men’s clothing. Traditional men’s clothing includes shirts, headgear, and trousers made of goat or muntjac leather, while women braid their hair with traditional headscarves and wear the cock’s feather as headwear.
Farming is an important economic activity of the Hla’alua people. The Miatungusu (Holy Shell Ritual) is a major ritual held every two or three years after crop harvest (rice and millet). Worshiping the Takiarʉ (Shell, Shell God) is part of the ritual. It is said that it is a unique ritual of the Vilanganʉ Community. After Japanese colonization, only one takiarʉ was held in 1951. Although the ritual was restored in 1993, it has been changed. The ritual master must come from a family with ritual-hosting history. The ritual is hosted by the Chief himself or his family member.