Welcome to Paper Dome blog!

This blog was created to provide information in English about beautiful Taiwanese eco village Taomi and Paper Dome there. Here you can find following articles: Introduction to the Paper Dome blog How to reach Taomi villageTaomi community historyPaper Dome story10 things to do in Taomi villageFor more information please use Paper Dome official web site (in Chinese...

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Natural Dye Class Graduates!

As part of being an ecological village, Taomi villagers are also very good at conceptualizing and constructing handicrafts from naturally found materials.Traditionally, Taiwan has been known for its blue-dye handicrafts. Taomi Villagers have since taken it further by exploring various dye colours using different naturally found ingredients under the guidance of a local artist.Over the course of 4 months, the participants of the natural dye class...

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Discover Bliss @ Paper Dome Photography Competition

The long anticipated Discovery Bliss @ Paper Dome Photography Competition is finally here!Don't worry if you're an amateur, as long as you have a camera, you are all set! Simple Steps to participate: Visit Paper Dome and Taomi Village, use your camera to capture people and scenes.Choose 3-5 of photographs related to the theme "Discover Bliss @ Paper Dome, Taomi Village"Write a short description summarizing your masterpieces in general (less than...

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Community Art Program for Senior Citizens

As part of community involvement, the New Homeland Foundation organizes art lessons for the community. The difference is, participants are all senior citizens! Grandmothers and great grandmothers alike, they enjoy painting lessons, guided by a teacher. Though many of them used to be farmers, who are used to holding spades rather than holding paint brushes, you will be surprised, many of them have gone from novices to artists qualified to hold art...

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Music Concert Series @ Paper Dome

Paper Dome saw a bustle of musical activities this weekend,all of them leaving the crowd very entertained (:On Saturday, we cheered to the energetic dance brought to us by young Tap-Dancers from Tao Yuan Elementary school performing with their principal, and even included a short performance by the Mummies! :DWhile on the beautiful Sunday of 10 July, music-lovers gather for the assemble of talented musicians from Puli:Family Band - yes music is truly...

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10 July - Music Concert @ Paper Dome

Paper Dome is hosting a music concert on the 10th of July!Performances ranges from jazz pieces and flute melodies to guitar tunes and drum beats.We also welcome you to join us in the lotus seeds plucking activity happening twice in the day: 10am and 3pm, where for TW$100, you can pluck as many fresh lotus seeds as you want to bring home!On top of that, there will also be an art exhibition from 10am - 9pm, where it will be a showcase of local artists'...

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Unprecedented Heavy Rainfall

The recent large amount of precipitation has caused water to gush from the mountains to the Taomi river. Ecosystem has been largely affected as fishes and other small animal suffer the fate of being washed downstream as well. Natural elements are yet another hurdle for the Taomi villagers to overcome in maintaining their beloved hometown as an Eco-Villag...

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