目前,在台湾少数民族16个族群中,排湾人口数有12万人,排列第二,仅次于阿美。排湾分布于中央山脉的南端及东部海岸山脉的南端。拥有台湾少数民族少有的贵族制度,并以“巫术”出名。阶级制度排湾在比较上深具文化性,除了与其他少数民族一样能歌善舞外,在社会阶级上分为头目(mamazangilan)、贵族、勇士、平民四个阶级。贵族阶 At present, among the 16 ethnic groups in Taiwan, there are 120,000 people in Paiwan, ranking second behind Amman. Paiwan distribution in the southern tip of the Central Mountain Range and the southern coast of the eastern coast. It owns a rare aristocracy among the ethnic minorities in Taiwan and is famous for its “witchcraft.” The class system Paiwan is comparatively culturally rich. Apart from being capable of singing and dancing as other ethnic minorities, it is divided into four major classes: mamazangilan, aristocrat, warrior, and civilians. Aristocracy