Untitled Book 2

Item Overview

Title

Untitled Book 2

Creator

Valentim, Justino (Cailoru)

Date Created

1999-2014

Date

1999/2014

Language

Fataluku

Collection

Fataluku Language and Culture
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Notes

Description

Hand written notebook containing Fataluku Vaihoho sung poems with some translated into Tetum. The subject of the poems is the beautiful country of Timor Leste. Page _0003 English translation of the Tetum (on right hand side): Lospalos Lospalos; Where is Lospalos; In the good country; With mountains all around

Contents note

Lospalos is the sub-district of the Lautem District, which is the home district of the Fataluku speaking people of Timor Leste; Lospalos, the town, is also the administrative capital of the Lautem District. This book also includes an inserted supplementary page of handwritten Vaihoho verses which deal with the natural world.

Physical Description

Extent

12 Pages

Dimensions

200 mm x 289 mm

Keywords

Genre

notebook

Subject Geographic

Timor Leste

Resource type

text

Subjects

Fataluku oral traditions
Timor Leste languages
Vaihoho
Fataluku language
Timor Leste land
Fataluku sung poems