Tainan Dongshan Jibei Night Festival will be held tomorrow night. Ali’s mother from Donghe Police Station returns to her parents’ home today.

The Jibei Night Festival in Dongshan, Tainan will be held tomorrow (13th). The Donghe Police Station, the only place in Taiwan that honors the ancestral spirit of the Pingpu people, "Alimu", will send Alimu back to her parents' home on the 12th. (provided by police)

Tainan's national folk customs "Dongshan Jibei Night Festival" and Xiaohai Festival will be held tomorrow and the next two days (13th and 14th). The only police unit in Taiwan to worship "Alimu", the ancestral spirit of the Pingpu people - the Donghe Police Station of Tainan Baihe Police Station, will send Alimu back to her parents' home today.

Donghe Police Station has enshrined Ali Mu for 18 years, demonstrating the deep connection between the police agency and local beliefs. Today, Acting Director He Baixian and Donghe District Chief Pan Limin welcomed Ali Mu's ghost to return to the Jibei Shuo Grand Duke's House to watch the show and participate in the Jibei Shuo Night Festival, which will be held tomorrow night, to pray for the safety of the place.

This Jibei Night Festival is the first to be held after the Siraya tribe successfully restored its name. The tribe members have an extra joy in worshiping and reporting to their ancestors. The tribal tour will start at 2 pm on the 13th, and the children's music and ancient tunes will start at 6:30 pm. Song and dance performance, Aboriginal song and dance exchange performance at 7:15 p.m., pig worship at 11 p.m.; from 7 a.m. on the 14th, the tribesmen will worship Alimu in three directions and worship the pig's wishful tail, and Xiaohai sacrifice will be held from 1:30 p.m.

The Jibeishu tribe reminds that starting from 10 p.m. on the 13th, outsiders will not be allowed to enter the Gongse and the Gongse front sacrificial venue. People can use the stands on both sides to watch the ceremony and take photos. When photographing tribal activities, please respect the right of portrait and pay attention to the feelings of the people being photographed. During the ceremony, aerial photography drones are not allowed to take off, nor are they allowed to enter the ceremony site or interfere with the ceremony. Please keep quiet during the ceremony and refrain from making loud noises.

The police stated that security maintenance and traffic diversion will be strengthened during the night festival, and the public is urged to avoid driving into tribal streets and to park on both sides of No. 102 Road outside Dagongshe.