East Timor customs and taboos

East Timor, referred to as East Timor, the first country born in the new century in 2002. The island states located at the eastern end of the Nusa Tenggara Islands include the Oecussi region on the eastern and western north coasts of Timor, the nearby Island of Atauro and the Island of Jaku at the eastern end. It is connected to West Timor of Indonesia in the west and faces Australia across the Timor Sea in the south. The capital is Dili. The official languages are Tetum and Portugal, and the working languages are Indonesian and English. Tetum is the common language and the main national language.

The total population of East Timor is 1.17 million (statistics as of July 2011), and the capital, Dili, has about 160,000 people. Indigenous people account for 78%, Indonesian people account for 20%, and 2% Chinese. The local aborigines are the mixed-race descendants of black immigrants from Melanesia and yellow immigrants from the Malay Islands. Due to the different sources and degrees of mixed-race, the aborigines have been further divided into native Malays and secondary Malays. People, Veda-Austronesians and Melanesians, of which native Malays have the highest proportion.

East Timor has a tropical climate. There are two seasons in the year: rainy season and dry season. The air is mixed at around 30-35 degrees Celsius all year round. The weather is hot and there are many mosquitoes. It is an area where dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, tuberculosis and cholera occur frequently.

East Timor is still a poor country. Food and clothing is a problem, let alone delicious food. Life in East Timor is simple, extremely simple. There are not many choices here. The restaurants only sell a few things, there are no supermarkets, and the choices in the commissary are quite limited. Commerce is also backward. There are no large commercial facilities and only small supermarkets. Basic daily necessities and food can be purchased, but the prices are expensive.

Men in many areas of East Timor live a leisurely life. Women are responsible for cutting firewood, carrying water, farming, and serving children. All the work that the men do is carry a machete at their waists, pick some coconuts from trees and take them home. Some fishermen's families are also responsible for fishing in the sea. Women are used to taking on everything.

When East Timor women visit other people's homes, they often bring these three things as small gifts to their hostess, and they will be treated more warmly. This kind of thing belongs to women. Men can only sit together and eat it once when they first go to their father-in-law's house to ask for marriage. This is a traditional local custom. However, professional women rarely use this method to make up. They also like to put on lipstick, eye shadow, and some cosmetics. Although East Timor people belong to the brown race, they say they prefer white skin to black.

The food in East Timor is roughly similar to that in Indonesia, Malaysia and other surrounding areas. The main food is chicken, fish, mutton, and of course, peppers and curries are not included. The local water is also unclean and needs to be boiled before drinking. There are no slaughterhouses or health quarantine in the area, so there is no fresh meat for sale, only frozen meat shipped from Australia and Indonesia.

The most famous coffee

East Timor is organic coffee. Coffee farmers use almost no pesticides and use natural organic fertilizers to grow it. The export volume of Arabica organic coffee in East Timor is 40% higher than that of Arabica beans sprayed with pesticides. East Timor coffee is sun-treated. The consistency is not inferior to that of Mantelin, but it has a special oily or asphalt smell, which is different from the earthy smell of Mantelin. East Timor coffee, like Java beans, is a soft bean. When baking, the first and second bursts come quickly. It is worth noting that you should not overbake it.

Special attention should be paid to

: the East Timor ethnic group has martial arts customs, and people gather to fight from time to time. If you travel or do business locally, you should remain calm and restrained when something happens, try to avoid direct conflict with local people, become the target of group violence, and endanger your own safety. If you encounter a motorcade involving weddings, funerals or church events, you must stop and avoid it, and you must not overtake it.