世界之美就在台灣 (國家公園季刊 National Park )

〈原住民作家  瓦歷斯‧諾幹 撰〉

    莫拉克颱風來襲並非從南部開始，早在八月五日晚上，新竹山區尖石鄉部分產業道路已經遭到沖毀。我當時在竹東鎮剛剛講完第二天〈鄉土語言文學創作〉的研習課程，隔天即因「莫拉克颱風」而暫停研習。
   後來，我們都以為「莫拉克颱風」遠颺而慶幸著。不料，兩天後的八月八日晚上，災情開始如狂潮從電視影像上奔襲而出，幾日之後，直升機飛入山區進行援救災民的行動，臨時安置區散碎在南台灣平原的小市鎮上，情況宛如十年之前我們所曾經歷過的九二一大地震，然而災情卻遠較九二一猛烈。
   接通了南部幾位受災友人的電話，感到必須做些什麼事情，九月五日起，開始了災區的田野調查。那瑪夏鄉( 原三民鄉) 的布農人卜袞，早在《山棕月影》一書中舉出了布農老祖先的智慧諺語：「水走過的地方，它還會回來。」卜袞頂著淬亮的光頭說著：「namasia( 那瑪夏) 就是指玉山的水滿了，溢出來，流下來的水，就成了namasia。」布農人原本居住在山腰，幾經國家力量的遷移之後，鄉內幾個村落大抵依傍namasia 的河床上邊居住，結果造成民族村遭土石流掩襲，罹難者死亡與失蹤的族人共有26人，挖出九具遺體......〈未完待續.....〉

 Typhoon Morakot's strike didn't start in Southern Taiwan.In fact, as early as Aug. 5th, some of the industrial roadsin Jianshih Township of Hsinchu had been swept away.Having finished the second day of my lecture in Judung Township, I learned that the course for the next day wassuspended due to Morakot.
   Later we were relieved at the departure of the typhoon.However, to our surprise, disasters started to come one after another. A few days later, helicopters flew to the affected areas to rescue the victims. Temporary shelters scattered across Southern Taiwan and the scene was like the 921 Earthquake that we experienced a decade ago, only that the losses this time are much greater.
   I talked to some of my friends who were affected by the typhoon on the phone and felt I needed to do something, so I embarked on a field survey in the affected areas starting from Sep. 5th.
   Bukun, a Bunun tribesman living in the Namasia Township mentioned the following saying by the Bunun ancestors in his book Laisnigas buan tu asik, “Water invariably returns to where it passed.” Bukun said, “Namasia means the water on Yushan overflowed and became Namasia.”
  The Bunun people originally lived on the hillside but were displaced many times by the country. Some villagers then lived by the Namasia river bed. Unfortunately, the Minzu Village was struck by a debris flow, in which the dead and the missing amounted to 26 but only 9 bodies were dug out.....

(更多精彩內容請見20009年12月號國家公園季刊)