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Belief System & CultureTimor-Leste
Felismina Carvalho dos ReisMontclair State University
Timor-Leste?
Learn some Tetun!
How Timorese speak English
Mai ita han batardan.
mai = come ita = us
han = eat
batar = maze/corn
dan = boiled/cooked
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What color is my country?
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A boy and crocodile taleNational Symbol
PetroleumDiving
A Boy and Crocodile Travel Through Time by José Ramos-Horta & Patricia Vickers-Rich
DILI The capital city
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RAINY SEASON
DRY SEASON
How many seasons?
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have pictures-taken
birthdays
graduation
Timor Leste- Before 1300s
Traditional House
Uma Lulik = Sacred House
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Lulik • Sacred / forbidden/
holy• Animism • Belief in Nature
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper - Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
The Sau batar ceremony before the corn harvests
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper - Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
Lulik • the spirits of the
ancestors• sacred rules and
regulations• Relationships between
family members
Traditional Houses - Uma Lulik Pictures from Google
Uma Lulik – Sacred House
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper - Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
Stars (white) represents • Lulik itself – the creator and • the spirits of the ancestors
Uma Lulik – Sacred House
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper - Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
Pigeon/birds/half moon (green) represents • Female, fertility, • peace & prosperity
Uma Lulik – Sacred House
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper - Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
• Buffalo Horn (Black) represents:
• Male• Strength• Security• Protection
Portugal
Portugal- Control from 1400s-1974
Community / School CultureSt Magdalene of Canossa Catholic School• 7.30am – 2.00pm• extracurricular
activities• begins & ends with
praying.
Services: • daily mass,• Sunday and• special events:
Christmas, Easter, etc.
Cathedral Motael
Catholic Church
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Indonesia
Indonesia Invasion from 1975 to 1999
MUST CHOOSE ONE “RELIGION”
Timor Leste- Independence in
1999
VIDEO
- Uma Lulik in Ainaro
