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Woman in Cova Lima weaving tais in 2009. Tais cloth is a form of traditional weaving created by the women of East Timor.An essential part of the nation's cultural heritage, tais weavings are used for ceremonial adornment, sign of respect and appreciation towards guests, friends, relatives, home decor, and personal apparel.
East Timorese architecture and landscaping is a combination of both Portuguese and indigenous Timorese. Many heritage districts, heritage towns, and heritage structures have been retained in Timor-Leste, unlike its Southeast Asian neighbors whose architectural styles have been dreadfully replaced by modern and shanty structures that have destroyed cultural domains.
Since East Timor regained independence in 2002, Timorese traditions such as these have gained influence in East Timorese politics and in society in general. [1] On Timor, the basis of a marriage is a contract between the families, so that the marriage is more an "alliance between two families".
Part of the park first became a natural conservation reserve during the occupation of the country by Indonesia in the period from 1975–1999. When the country was under the United Nations (UN) Control as United Nations Transitional Administration in Timor Leste (UNTEAT), the same area was declared a “protected wild area” (but combined Tutuala beach and its adjoining forest) in 2000 under ...
Abandoned church at Dare in the rain. Dare is a city in Dili District and is about 30 minutes away from Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste.Beginning in 1950, it has been home to the Roman Catholic Seminary of Our Lady of Fatima, which was the only tertiary-level educational institution in Portuguese Timor.
Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão (often referred to as the LFA Primeira Divisão) is the highest division of the Liga Futebol Timor-Leste(the highest overall) in the Timorense football league system.
The party was founded in October 1974 as the Associacão Popular Monarqui(c)a de Timor APMT ( Popular Association of Timor Monarchists ) and was renamed to its current name on 20 November. [2] The party set its position as an alternative between the western-oriented UDT and the left-wing FRETILIN .
The União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor-Leste (UNE-TL; roughly National Scout Union of East Timor, now The Scout Association of Timor-Leste) is the national Scouting organization of East Timor. It was founded on December 2, 2005 through the merger of the Corpo de Escuteiros Católicos em Timor-Leste [ 1 ] ( Corps of Catholic Scouts of East ...