“From the city to the mountains”: displacement experiences, reunions during the celebration of Dia dos Mortos in Bobonaro, Timor-Leste
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2022.185880Keywords:
Dia dos Mortos, Sacred House, House, Ancestors, East-TimorAbstract
In East Timor, Dia dos Mortos is a national holiday; it is an event in which many residents of Díli, the capital city, get together in order to return to their uma lulik, the sacred houses of the municipalities. This essay handles the importance of the ancestors’ cult, the way it is configured during the celebration of Dia dos Mortos at Casa Sagrada Dom Caileto, in the municipality of Bobonaro, in November 2016. This event mobilizes investments of multiple orders, implies an intense traffic of people and circulation of food, beverages, cigarettes, candles and flowers from Díli to the municipalities or, as it is commonly said, “from the city to the mountains”.
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