【召喚：鴨蛋與GAYA田野影像】
Summoning: Duck Eggs and GAYA Field Imagery
文——余欣蘭
By Rngrang Hungul
余欣蘭是銅門部落的族人，也是一位專業的影像工作者。近年，她將鏡頭轉回自己家人身上，開始拍攝她的母親、銅門部落的「女獵人」Heydi Mijung的故事，透過鏡頭寫就一部交織在女性主體、山林經驗與傳統GAYA文化之間的獵人敘事。
【召喚】是欣蘭與家人一起進行的一場狩獵儀式。多年來，欣蘭媽媽的獵場一直有一隻強悍山豬，常常出沒，卻永遠抓不到。老人家相傳一種方法，一旦透過「埋鴨蛋」的儀式，就可以順利獵捕到形影無蹤的動物。欣蘭決定跟家人一起進行這場秘密的儀式。
在活動中，欣蘭家人邀請大家一起參與儀式的行前祝福、喝鴨肉湯，作為儀式的開始。在【召喚】影像的分享後隔日清晨，他們一行人回到媽媽的獵場，開始了這場「埋鴨蛋」的試驗。
Rngrang Hungul, a member of the Tomong Indigenous community and accomplished visual documentarian, has in recent years redirected her lens inward toward her intimate familial sphere. She has meticulously documented her mother Heydi Mijung—the renowned “female hunter” of alang Tomong—weaving through her cinematography a hunter’s narrative that delicately intertwines female agency, sylvan encounters, and traditional GAYA cultural practices.
“Summoning” chronicles a hunting ritual performed by Rngrang and her family members. For years, an elusive yet formidable wild boar has haunted her mother’s hunting territory, leaving traces of its presence while consistently evading capture. Inherited wisdom speaks of an ancestral method—the ceremonial “burying of duck eggs”—capable of facilitating the successful pursuit of such phantom creatures. Compelled by this tradition, Rngrang embarked upon this esoteric ritual alongside her kin.
Rngrang’s family invited collective participation in the pre-expedition blessing ceremony and the ritualistic consumption of duck soup that signifies the commencement of this practice. Following the sharing of the “Summoning” visual documentation, they ventured at dawn to her mother’s hunting grounds, inaugurating this experimental “duck egg burial” ceremony under the first light of morning.
