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Tetum cottage in Dato Rua [].. The Tetum, also known as Tetun or Belu in Indonesia, are an ethnic group that are the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Timor. [2] [3] [4] This ethnic group inhabits the Belu Regency in Indonesia and most of East Timor.
The official languages of Timor-Leste are Tetum and Portuguese, while in West Timor it is Indonesian, although Uab Meto is the local Atoni language spoken throughout Kupang, South Central Timur and North Central Timur Regencies. Indonesian, a standardized dialect of Malay, is also widely spoken and understood in Timor-Leste.
More than 90% of the Manggarai people are Catholics; the eastern Manggarai in the region of Borong are Catholics. [10] Some living in the coastal west profess Sunnism (their number is approximately 33,898 people), the spread of Islam on the island of Flores most likely through trading sea-route.
Tanimbar local society and social structure is based on the traditions called Duan Lolat [].Fundamentally Duan Lolat is the marriage tradition of the Tanimbarese, the groom and his family as "the ones receiving female" are called Lolat, while the bride's family as "the ones giving female" are called Duan.
South Central Timor Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan) is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, established in 1958. [2] the regency has its seat (capital) in the town of Soe.
The kingdom of Larantuka was a historical monarchy in present-day East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.It was one of the few, if not the only, indigenous Catholic polities in the territory of modern Indonesia.
It forms a separate regency of the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur. The island has a very irregular coastline with numerous bays and promontories, of which the largest is the Ile Ape peninsula on the island's north coast. The length of the island is about 80 km from the southwest to the northeast and the width is about 30 km from the west to ...
Rote Ndao Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, consisting primarily of the island of Rote, situated south-west of the western tip of West Timor with an area of 978.54 km 2, together with minor offshore islands including Usu (19.4 km 2), Ndana (13.83 km 2), Ndao, Landu and Nuse; the total area including the minor offshore islands is 1,249.35 km 2.