Springs you don't drink from, stones you don't move, forests you don't cut — the map beneath the map.
Why this channel
What you will learn here
Almost every misstep a visitor makes in rural Timor-Leste comes from not knowing a place is lulik.
Four short filmed conversations with the people who know this subject first-hand are being produced for this page by Stays of Timor. Each is two to three minutes — honest, local, and recorded in Timor-Leste.
The interviews
Four conversations, four angles
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 1What 'lulik' means
Sacred, forbidden, powerful, dangerous — one word doing several jobs.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 2Water, stone and tree
The three kinds of sacred site a traveller will actually encounter.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 3Lulik and the Church
How Catholic faith and ancestral practice coexist in most Timorese lives.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 4Young people and lulik
Whether the next generation keeps the prohibitions, and what happens if they don't.
In pictures
Culture & Belief
Sacred house, highlandsCeremony in traditional dressTebe Fatuk circleVillage life, Ataúro
Photos: Ministry of Tourism & Environment, Timor-Leste
Part of the Timor Information Channels — 28 subjects, told by the people who know them. Produced by Stays of Timor.
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