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East Timor Local Customs

by J. Lewis
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Learn the local customs of East Timor. Tips and photos posted by real travelers and East Timor locals.

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	Dili Waterfront - The Womenfolk Tip Rating:

By bkoon on December 5, 2004

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What they do during a
lazy afternoon.

by bkoon

As you walk along the waterfront, you will get to see fruits stalls selling all kinds of local fruits like bananas, mangoes, papayas, etc. During the lazy afternoon period, you will see the womenfolk who are manning the stalls helping one another to pick out hair lice.

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	Tetum - The Language of Timor-Leste Tip Rating:

Updated By bkoon on December 8, 2004

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It is best to know some Tetum. The government has adopted the Portuguese language recently as the official language while Tetum remains the national language.

Tetum is undergoing development now as it used to be a very much spoken language and hence, much development on written Tetum needs to be done.

P.S.: I shall be putting in some common Tetum phrases and words which are often used soon.

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	Di'ak Kalae? Tip Rating:

Updated By Yiannis2000 on December 15, 2002

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by J. Lewis

by Yiannis2000

"How are you?"
This the way to tell it to an East Timorese, if he doesn't speak English (some 5%, mostly young people do so) or Portuguese (about 30% of the older generation speak and understand it).
The local language is called TETUM, the Xmas wishes on top of my home and East Timor pages are in Tetum!!
Tetum is nowdays used by most locals, except the ones at the eastern Los Palos district that speak the very distinct language FATALUKU...

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	TIMOR Lorosae is culturally... Tip Rating:

Updated By Yiannis2000 on November 22, 2002

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by J. Lewis

by Yiannis2000

TIMOR Lorosae is culturally quite different from neighbouring Indonesia. Their local dialects, now tetum and fataluku, are non-malay languages and their elite speaks Portugues, nowdays just 30% of the population, mainly the elders. Almost all timorese are Catholic Christians, but most respect their animist sacred places and traditions.For more information, cultural and more, on this emerging land visit the official site:

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	Dili Waterfront - Typical Dili Woman Tip Rating:

By bkoon on December 5, 2004

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A Lost Look

by bkoon

This is a picture of a typical Dili woman. When I was taking her picture, she was smiling away, very shy yet curious. The Dili-dwellers love eating betelnut as I saw many of them eating, including this woman.

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	Dili kid

By rukhaya on April 20, 2005

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Dili kid

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