A small school with a globally recognized choir.
Sinapalan Elementary School serves a Bunun tribal community in Xinyi Township and has built a distinctive reputation through its choir, which won a gold award at the 2025 Tokyo International Choir Competition — carrying Bunun musical tradition onto an international stage. Beyond music, the school actively teaches the Bunun language, with students competing in Bunun-language recitation contests and the National Bunun Tribal Sports Games, and it maintains an indigenous-language "E-Park" digital learning resource to support ongoing language study.
希娜巴嵐國小服務信義鄉一處布農部落社群，並以合唱團建立了獨特聲譽——該團在2025年東京國際合唱大賽中榮獲金獎，將布農族的音樂傳統帶上國際舞台。除了音樂，學校也積極推動布農語教學，學生參與布農語朗讀比賽及全國布農族傳統運動會，並設有原住民語「E大」數位學習資源，支持族語學習持續進行。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🎤 Gold in Tokyo
2025東京國際合唱大賽金獎
The school's choir won a gold award at the 2025 Tokyo International Choir Competition, an extraordinary achievement carrying Bunun musical tradition to an international stage.
🗣️ Bunun Language in Competition
布農語朗讀比賽
Students compete in Bunun-language recitation contests and the National Bunun Tribal Sports Games, keeping language and athletics tied to cultural pride.
💻 Digital Language Learning
原住民語 E-Park 數位資源
An indigenous-language "E-Park" digital learning resource extends Bunun-language study beyond the classroom for students.
Bunun music, carried to the world.
Sinapalan Elementary serves a Bunun tribal community in Xinyi Township and actively teaches the Bunun language, with its choir carrying Bunun musical tradition to international stages. See the Nantou county page for more on the region.
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Xinyi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
南投縣信義鄉
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Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Sinapalan Elementary and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.