Timor's Animism


This province consists of several islands, including the island of Timor. In Ainaro district, there are Mount Tatamailau & Usululi. Members of parliament are elected for a term of 5 years.

After the Carnation Revolution, the Portuguese colonial government granted concessions to the Oceanic Exploration Corporation for development & exploitation. However, this failed to happen due to the Seroja operation in 1976. In 1990 it was known that the population was around 3000 people.

In November 2007, there were 11 sub-districts where food needs had to be supplied by international aid. A French anthropologist named Brigitte Clamagirand once lived in a Marobo tribe settlement. Most Timorese also retain some traditional animist beliefs & customs from pre-colonial times.

Timor Leste's traditional beliefs have certain elements of animism. Usually, they say that maromak comes first & then matebian, spirits of ancestors and relatives who have died / klamar. The souls of the ancestors act as mediators who inform & send messages from the living to God / lulik.

Jorge Barros Duarte emphasized elements of animism & at the same time recognized the idea of ​​God in traditional Timorese beliefs. Now, a small portion is Muslim, namely 0.24%, then Buddhism 0.07%, Hinduism 0.02% & traditional beliefs and beliefs 0.16%. The number of churches increased from 100 church buildings in 1974 to more than 800 in 1994.

It is believed that one of the reasons why Timor Leste turned into a Catholic country was because Indonesian law requires all its citizens to adhere to one of the officially recognized religions & the animist beliefs of the Timor Leste people are considered incompatible with the first principle of Pancasila.

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