<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Taiwan was part of the history of Japan and the Netherlands.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Well, way back in 1624, to be exact.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Quite a number of foreign rulers took over this island.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">That said, their dominance never made it to squash this place, at least not physically.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Taiwan fought back dictatorship that was forced upon,</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">but took in new cultures that blended into the Taiwanese identity as you'd know it today.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">You'd see a bit of this and that which doesn't trace the origin back to Taiwan,</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">but coexists on this island nation. </div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">See that whole history in the making in the latest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/bqE557n2TO0?si=82Z4FO5ry_OZymg4" target="_blank" class="draft--a">Taiwanese opera titled "1624", English subbed, from Youtube live streaming</a> (now with playback).</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Be heeded that it blends VR gaming into the storytelling, </div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">something never tried and a path never trod before in Taiwanese opera.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">That's the thing about Taiwan. Talk about blending!  </div>
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Taiwan made history in 1624

<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Yup, THE OPERA SONGSTRESS was there!</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Sun Tsui Feng among a cast of 300 owned the stage with her classic title Mazu.</div>
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<div class="draft-block draft--p left">She’s the unparalleled fit to play this ocean goddess, known as Mazu (aka Goddess of Mother Taiwan).</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Once the harbor for sea sailors, now a mother image to Taiwanese believers.</div>
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<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Oh and that fish! </div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">A friend said it's meant to be a dragon, but nah…still fish the way I see it.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">She was hung mid-air beating the heck out of that squirmy FISH.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Gotta say how epic was that looking from down under.</div>
<div class="draft-block draft--p left">Can't say I'm a hardcore fan of Taiwanese opera but this one … no doubt makes my bucket list.</div>
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TaiwaneseOpera

Taiwan made history in 1624

Haven't seen THIS in a decade