State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste

In Timor-Leste, the lia na`in (lian = word; na`in = lord, master) – leaders of customary practice – are becoming key to tradition, to “kultura” (culture), an emerging area of public cultural policies. Traditionally associated with the local communities and the mountains, they are the ones that know...

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Main Author: Lúcio Sousa
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: SEAS - Society for South-East Asian Studies 2019-12-01
Series:ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://aseas.univie.ac.at/index.php/aseas/article/view/3214/2936