我好不浪漫的當代美式生活

「要當個堂堂正正的太巴塱人，是需要練習的。」

巴奈・林（Panay Lin），從小在臺北長大的阿美族都市原住民，某晚夢見白螃蟹之靈召喚她回到媽媽的部落，期望她振興太巴塱文化。巴奈林受到感召，毅然決然成為返鄉青年，在部落的美語安親班找到工作，並以此作為傳承基地，用美語「偷渡」Pangcah文化給班上的小孩。巴奈林盡心盡力參與部落事務，務使部落的男女老幼「回歸優秀的太巴塱傳統」——

當然，事情絕對不會是天真的返鄉青年想得拿莫簡單。

《我好不浪漫的當代美式生活》為Ihot Sinlay Cihek於2022年創作之獨角戲。旅居都市多年，Ihot時常臺北、花蓮兩地往返，觀察到原青返鄉進行文化復振的潮流，並在與家人和部落兄弟姐妹的互動中，看見返鄉原青對於融入部落的困難與尷尬。血緣、身體與行動，對於部落的承認究竟有多重要——你要付出多少，才能被視為部落的一分子？

承襲了阿美族口傳文化的言說精神，《我好不浪漫的當代美式生活》即以Ihot一人分飾多角，分別呈現部落內不同小人物的面向，以大量語言與日常情境拼湊出太巴塱部落的生活場景，扣合「觀光」對於當代原住民部落不可忽視，且不可恢復的影響，直面原住民文化工作者回返部落「傳統」後所遇到的種種挫折、碰撞與荒謬。

"How Romantic: A Guide to Modern Pangcah Life" is a solo play created by Ihot Sinlay Cihek in 2022. It tells the story of Panay Lin, a woman born and raised in the city, who dreamed of a white crab – a mythological symbol of the Tafalong tribe. She interpreted the dream as a sign that the ancestors' spirits wanted her to return to her origins, so she impulsively quit her job in Taipei and returned to the tribe. Although she was not familiar with the tribe, it was the root of her mother's bloodline, and she dedicated herself to the cultural revival movement. However, the realities of the tribe, which had already embraced modern capitalism, as well as the challenges of being seen as an outsider because of her upbringing, forced Panay Lin to adapt and reconsider the romantic anticipation she felt when she decided to return.

Ihot Sinlay Cihek

花蓮阿美族人，根源於太巴塱及壽豐部落。表演藝術創作者，目前游移於花蓮與台北兩地。受過表演、編劇等專業訓練，自大學期間即不間斷地參與許多演出，嘗試不同的表演藝術類型，探索各種表演的可能性。興趣為身份政治、性別理論及表演哲學。2018年開始積極回返及探索自身的母系部落文化，試圖將作為當代原住民女性夾纏於部落、都市／傳統、現代性之間，所經歷的「挫傷」與「蛻化」藉由各種表演藝術相關形式現身與發聲。近期編導演作品《我好不浪漫的當代美式生活》獲2023Pulima表演藝術獎、入圍第21屆台新藝術獎，文字創作亦曾獲台灣文學獎、原住民文學獎、阿美族語文學獎……之肯定。

Ihot (she/her) was born in Hualien and belongs to the Pangcah community. She is an active artist in Taiwan's performance art scene, with a focus on indigenous culture and feminism. Over the past few years, Ihot has been exploring her identity as an indigenous woman and the intersection between traditional tribal experiences and modern society. She achieves this by practicing performance art, which allows her to represent "indigenousness" and "indigeneity" through her body.

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