3. Learn some Tetun!
How Timorese speak English
Mai ita han batardan.
mai = come
ita = us
han = eat
batar = maze/corn
dan = boiled/cooked
Picture from Google
5. National Symbol
DILI
The capital city
Petroleum
A boy and crocodile tale
Diving
A Boy and Crocodile Travel Through Time
by José Ramos-Horta & Patricia Vickers-Rich
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12. 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
13. Lulik
• the spirits of the
ancestors
• sacred rules and
regulations
• Relationships between
family members
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
15. Uma Lulik – Sacred House
Stars (white) represents
• Lulik itself – the creator and
• the spirits of the ancestors
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
16. Uma Lulik – Sacred House
Pigeon/birds/half moon (green) represents
• Female, fertility,
• peace & prosperity
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
17. Uma Lulik – Sacred House
• Buffalo Horn
(Black)
represents:
• Male
• Strength
• Security
• Protection
Source: Josh Trindade’s Paper Lulik: The Core of Timorese Values
19. Community / School Culture
St Magdalene of Canossa
Catholic School
• 7.30am – 2.00pm
• extracurricular
activities
• begins & ends with
praying.
Catholic Church
Cathedral
Pictures from Google
Motael
Services:
• daily mass,
• Sunday and
• special events:
Christmas,
Easter, etc.