Fataluku, Dagada - people in the north-eastern part of East Timor . The number for 2004 was 38 thousand people. They are divided into groups: lorehe, tutuala, foeloru. They speak the language of Fataluka , the Timorean-Alorian family of the Transnovine Guinean filet of the Papuan languages .
Languages of Timor
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Religion
Most fataluku adhere to local traditional beliefs. The main deity is Uruwatsu (lunar-solar deity). Part - Catholics . [one]
Farm
The Fataluku economy combines agriculture and livestock farming ; main crops - corn, rice, root crops. Bred buffalos , pigs , horses . The main crafts is weaving, weaving, blacksmithing.
Social Organization
The main function is the paternal line, the three-clan union. Polygyny is widespread.
Applications
- ↑ Polinsky M., Smith J. Oceania. // Atlas of the languages of the world. M., 1998
Literature
- Members M. A. Fataluku // Peoples and religions of the world / Chapters. ed. V.A. Tishkov. M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 1999. - P.37
- Polyakovsky O. Face to the rising sun // Around the world. - 2004. - No. 11. - S. 45-48
- Polinski M., Smith J. Oceania. - In the book: Atlas of the Languages of the World. M., 1998
Links
- Fataluku language in Ethnologue. Languages of the World .