East Timor: Native Ceremony

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 @ 22:37 UTC

by Preetam Rai

Countries:
East Timor
Topics:
Arts & Culture, Ethnicity, War & Conflict

Dili-gence gives us a glimple into a native ceremony in East Timor. “One part of the ceremony involved the symbolic killing of a pig. Probably in deference to the large foreign presence, the actual kill was carried out away from the Palacio but body parts from the pig are presented to various leaders - eyes to those with a vision for the country etc. etc. At the same time, a “matan dook” (witch doctor) reads the pig entrails.”

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