What kinds of transformations are impacting Bunun society today, and how is that affecting their music in turn?

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER:
Answers will vary.

• Answers may refer to religious change following Christian missionary work, industrialization, the migration of Bunun to towns and cities, and the decline of use of the Bunun language in everyday life.
• Christianization has brought new hymns and praise songs to villages, led to the dropping or changing older forms of worship (which included singing), and seen churches become centers in the preservation of village culture. Industrialization and migration mean young people leave the villages and hear non-Bunun music, either elsewhere or via broadcast in their home villages. They can buy and learn new instruments such as the guitar and piano. Hunting songs are retained mostly as folkloric culture rather than a functional part of daily life. Linguistic change impacts vocal music especially strongly, with many Bunun now preferring to sing in Mandarin Chinese and also preferring songs in that language.