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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about
East Timor.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. The first new nation of the
21st century is located in
Southeast Asia, just north of
Australia. A
Portuguese colony from the
17th century until
1975, Timor-Leste shares the island of
Timor with
Indonesia. When the
Portuguese left in 1975, Indonesia invaded and annexed East Timor.
The United Nations condemned Indonesia's occupation and in
1999 a UN-organized referendum guided East Timor to independence on May 20,
2002.
2.
Dili is Timor-Leste’s capital city and largest city. Located on the island’s northern coast, Dili was settled as a port city by Portuguese traders in 1520. Dili became the capital of
Portuguese Timor in
1864, and has remained the capital of Timor-Leste.
3. “Timor” comes from the
Malay word timur, which means “east” – so the name East Timor can be translated to “east east.”
The East Timorese often call their country
Timor Lorosa’e. Lorosa’e means “rising sun”.
4. Due to its past as a colony of
Portugal, East Timor is today one of only two
Asian countries with a
Christian majority (the other one being the
Philippines). About 97% of Timorese are
Roman Catholics and around 2% are Protestants.
5.
East Timorese creation myth has it that an aging crocodile transformed into the island of Timor as part of a debt repayment to a young boy who had helped the crocodile when it was sick. As a result, the island is shaped like a crocodile and the boy's descendants are the native East Timorese who inhabit it.
6. The economy of East Timor is in shambles, neglected under Portuguese rule, and deliberately sabotaged by occupation troops during the war for independence from Indonesia. As a result, the country is among the poorest in the world.
Close to half of the population lives in poverty, and as many as 70 per cent face chronic food insecurity.
7. To look at a map of Timor-Leste, it is easy to think that the people of Timor-Leste might have descended from the
Indonesians, because of its proximity. This would be incorrect; they are descended from the aboriginal people of
Australia and
Sri Lanka. However the first signs of homo-sapiens are about 42 thousand years old!
More
Info:
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/timor-leste-facts/
http://easttimornow.com.au/about-east-timor/fast-facts
.aspx
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/timorlesteeasttimor/p/ProfEastTimor
.htm
http://www.factsking.com/countries/timor-leste-east-timor/
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Intro Music:
DJ Goodman –
Japanese Flute (Dubstep Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JH_H_-I4Hw
- published: 28 Nov 2015
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