Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/14
By: Kuan Jui-ping and William Yen
Taipei, Dec. 14 (CNA) A delegation from the Kingdom of Swaziland’s Ministry of Foreign
Photo courtesy of Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center
Affairs and International Cooperation visited the Taiwan Hakka Museum in Miaoli, central Taiwan on Thursday, and were surprised to find that the phrase “thank you” in Hakka is very similar to that in their native tongue, “Siyabonga,” according to the center’s director.
The delegation which included Minister Mgwagwa Gamedze, Principal Secretary Joel Nhleko, Ambassador Thamie Dlamini and other dignitaries was accompanied by Jeremy Liang (梁洪昇), director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of Protocol.
The museum, under the Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center arranged for local children from Tunglo Elementary School to tie Hakka style scarfs around the guests’ necks and recite a Hakka nursery rhyme. [FULL STORY]