"timor leste's struggle for independence" - felismina

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