#Timor-Leste flag

[wallpapers4screen]

[apollohour]

Do you know the symbolism behind Timor-Leste's flag?

[new-dayy]

i combined two random country flags

timor-leste and ivory coast

[yesornopolls]

Do you find the symbolism of Timor Leste's 🇹🇱 flag (red representing bloodshed and suffering, black representing lies and propaganda, gold representing colonialism and white representing peace) depressing? 🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱

[avivz-s4]

World Flags Part 1: Asia / Sims 4 cc

It's Ready! World Flags Collection, Part 1: Asia

Includes flags from all the countries in Asia, as well as 13 bonus flags of various subdivisions and communities across the Asian continent. A sims 4 base game recolor item.

I have been downloading s4cc for many years now, and as far as I know there still hasn't been a flag recolor for every country in the world, so I have decided to take the project up myself :)

I will be releasing the flags per continent - part 2: Europe coming next. Enjoy!

Much love, Aviv

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Full list of Flags;

Countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

& Bonus Flags: Kurdish, Alternate Syria - green, Yazidi, Hong Kong, Assyrian, Tibet, Sikh, Parsi, Xinjiang/Uyghur, Macau, Baha'i, Balochistan, Sakha Republic/Yakut.

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Download on Patreon / base game compatible

[auddacity]

Survey I did on friends about geography :>

So, lately I've been geeking over like, geography (except capitals, fuck capitals) and I rlly wanted to like survey how much people i knew knew about em for like, fun HAHA. Since the school year just ended, I had time :3

I picked 7 countries (can't be territories etc.) from each continent except Antarctica from most to least popular (imo) and asked people to self-evaluate how well they knew them!! I know this isn't statistically unbiased or something because I didn't choose randomly but FUCK THAT

Each country would have 2 questions like this:

I got like 17 responses in under a day (tysmmm!! idc if it's 'too little') and instantly went into analysis hehe (note that most if not ALL the respondents were Asian so there might be a bias but BLEGH >:P)

I turned the answers into a numeric value that I could process:

Yes - 2 pts Sorta - 1 pts No - 0 pts

So obvious stuff: Europe and Asia were the most identifiable, while North America (central if we're bein honest) was the least Surprisingly (at least to me), people recognize country names wayyyy more than flags (which in retrospect, yea but). The flag was equally (if not MORE*) recognized only when:

it was a well-known country (South Korea*, UK)

it had a unique flag (Nepal*, Antigua and Barbuda)

If we subtract the score a country got from its name to its flag, many have an average difference of at least 5+, with the most being Samoa 🇼🇸 (19), Haiti 🇭🇹 (15), and Fiji 🇫🇯 (14).

Looking at continents, the same can be said with Africa (10.7), North America (9.1), and Oceania (9) having the largest differences. It's prolly cuz people know countries like Kenya and Fiji and exist but are dumbfounded to realize they had flags?!?! TL;DR: i did not know that people legit didn't know flagss prolly cuz they heard countries from passing only which is mostly through their name. I'd love to dissect this more but I'm very lazy and this draft got deleted midway??? tumblr???? so I'll send the excel file below for y'all to see if you guys are interested :]

[brookston]

Holidays 4.25

Holidays

Anti-Nuclear Day

ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand)

Carnation Day (Portugal)

Dandelion Day

Day of the Circassian Flag

DNA Day

Duck Appreciation Society Day

East Meets West Day (a.k.a. Elbe Day)

Flag Day (Faroe Islands, Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

Freedom Day (Portugal)

Free Love Day

Get On Board Day

Hairstylist Appreciation Day

Hayek Day

Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness Day

Hubble Telescope Day

Hug A Plumber Day

International Amigurumi Day

International Delegate’s Day

International Financial Independence Awareness Day

Liberation Day (Italy, Portugal, South Georgia)

License Plate Day

Mahavir Jayanti (Parts of India)

Malaria Awareness Day

Military Foundation Day (North Korea)

National Airhorn Day

National Amigurumi Day

National Christian College Day

National Crayola Day

National Darts Day

National Financial Awareness Day

National Lingerie Day

National Mani-Pedi Day

National Plumber’s Day

National Quote Day

National Telephone Day

Parental Alienation Awareness Day

Perfect Date Day (Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold; in film “Miss Congeniality”)

People’s Army Foundation Day (North Korea)

Plastic Grocery Bag Day

Poetry Day (Ireland)

Portugal Day (Portugal)

Radunitsa (Ancestors Veneration Day; Belarus)

Red Hat Society Day

Revolution Day (Timor-Leste)

Secotorial Government Holiday (Jordan)

Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt)

Tag des Baumes (Arbor Day; Germany)

20-Something Service Day

Whip-Poor-Will Day (Pennsylvania)

World DNA Day

World Malaria Day (UN)

World Penguin Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Crotilla Day

National Zucchini Bread Day

4th & Last Thursday in April

Dining Out For Life [Last Thursday]

Gathering of Nations (Native American Pow Wow) [begins 4th Thursday thru Saturday]

International Girls in ICT Day (4th Thursday]

Love Your Thighs Day [4th Thursday]

Pay It Forward Day [Last Thursday]

Poem in Your Pocket Day [Last Thursday]

Sumardagurinn Fyrsti (1st Day of Summer; Iceland) [Thursday after 4.18]

Support Teen Literature Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Action for Libraries Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day [4th Thursday]

Teach Your Children to Save Day [4th Thursday]

Thank You Thursday [6 Days Before 1st Wednesday in May]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 25 (4th Week)

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [thru 4.27]

National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends [thru 4.28] (also in Feb, Sep & Nov)

Independence & Related Days

Copan (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Novaland (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Principality of Martin Presidia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Yom HaAtzma’ut [יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת] (Israeli Independence Day observed) [5 Iyar]

Festivals Beginning April 25, 2024

Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) [thru 5.5]

Bern Geranium Market [Bärner Graniummärit] (Bern, Switzerland)

Beaufort Wine & Food (Beaufort, North Carolina) [thru 4.28]

Buenos Aires International Book Fair (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [thru 5.13]

Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival (Williamsburg, Virginia) [thru 6.13]

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Canada) [thru 4.28]

Gathering of Nations (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 4.27]

Gauge County Maple Festival (Chardon, Ohio) [thru 4.28]

Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival (Marshfield, Missouri) [thru 4.27]

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 5.5]

San Francisco International Film Festival (San Francisco, California) [thru 4.28]

Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival (Shepherd, Michigan) [thru 4.28]

Vidalia Onion Festival (Vidalie, Oregon) [thru 4.28]

Washington State Apple Blossom Festival (Wenatchee, Washington) [thru 5.5]

World Dog Show (Zagreb, Croatia) [thru 4.28]

Feast Days

Adonia (Greek women's festival)

Anianus of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Aristides (Positivist; Saint)

Blessing of the Wheat (Ancient Hungary)

Canadanaigua (festival of lights, ritual of harvest and thanksgiving; Native American)

Cy Twombly (Artology)

Festival of Robigalia (Ancient Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piamarta (Christian; Saint)

Heribald (Christian; Saint)

Ivo (Christian; Saint)

Karel Appel (Artology)

Kebius of Cornwall (Christian; Saint)

Major Rogation (Western Christianity)

Mark the Evangelist (Christian; Saint)

Maughold of Isle of Man (Christian; Saint)

Mr. Hooper (Muppetism)

Mr. T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Phaebadius, Bishop of Agen (Christian; Saint)

Philo and Agathopodes (Christian; Saint)

Quarks (Muppetism)

The Robigalia (Ancient Roman Grain & Corn Festival)

Walpurgisnacht, Day III (Pagan)

World Penguin Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [21 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [24 of 57]

Premieres

Abusement Park (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)

Baby Mama (Film; 2009)

Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)

Big River (Broadway Musical; 1985)

The Big Short, by Michael Lewis (Book; 2010)

Drooler’s Delight (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1949)

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Film; 2008)

Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell (Memoir; 1938)

Infest, by Papa Roach (Album; 2000)

Let’s Eat (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Let’s Stick Together (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Manhattan (Film; 1979)

Nuts and Volts (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1840)

The Other Woman (Film; 2014)

Piére li Houyeû (Peter the Miner), by Eugène Ysaÿe (Opera; 1931)

Polar Playmates (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1946)

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (Novel; 1719)

Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (Film; 1997)

The Sky is Falling (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1947)

The Stupidstitious Cat (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)

That’s My Pup (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)

Turandot, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1926)

Valse Trust, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 2006)

Westward Whoa (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

Where the Buffalo Roam (Film; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Erwin, Markus (Austria)

Marko (Bulgaria)

Franka, Marko, Maroje (Croatia)

Marek (Czech Republic)

Markus (Denmark)

Marek, Margo, Margus, Mark, Marko, Markus (Estonia)

Markku, Marko, Markus (Finland)

Marc (France)

Erwin, Markus (Germany)

Markela, Markos, Nike, Niki (Greece)

Márk (Hungary)

Franco, Marco (Italy)

Barbala, Līksma, Liksme, Marks, Markus (Latvia)

Gražvyda, Gražvydė, Morkus, Tolmantas, Žadmantė (Lithuania)

Mark, Markus (Norway)

Jarosław, Marek, Wasyl (Poland)

Marcu, Vasile (Romania)

Marek (Slovakia)

Marcos (Spain)

Markus (Sweden)

Mark, Marko (Ukraine)

Marc, Marcel, Marcella, Marcia, Marcila, Marco, Marcos, Marcus, Marcy, Maricela, Mario, Marisol, Mark, Markus, Marsha (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 116 of 2024; 250 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 17 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 17 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 17 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 16 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 26 Cyan; Fryday [25 of 30]

Julian: 12 April 2024

Moon: 97%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Caesar (5th Month) [Cimon]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 38 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 6 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Lagu (Flowing Water) [Half-Month 9 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 5.12)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.25

Holidays

Anti-Nuclear Day

ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand)

Carnation Day (Portugal)

Dandelion Day

Day of the Circassian Flag

DNA Day

Duck Appreciation Society Day

East Meets West Day (a.k.a. Elbe Day)

Flag Day (Faroe Islands, Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

Freedom Day (Portugal)

Free Love Day

Get On Board Day

Hairstylist Appreciation Day

Hayek Day

Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness Day

Hubble Telescope Day

Hug A Plumber Day

International Amigurumi Day

International Delegate’s Day

International Financial Independence Awareness Day

Liberation Day (Italy, Portugal, South Georgia)

License Plate Day

Mahavir Jayanti (Parts of India)

Malaria Awareness Day

Military Foundation Day (North Korea)

National Airhorn Day

National Amigurumi Day

National Christian College Day

National Crayola Day

National Darts Day

National Financial Awareness Day

National Lingerie Day

National Mani-Pedi Day

National Plumber’s Day

National Quote Day

National Telephone Day

Parental Alienation Awareness Day

Perfect Date Day (Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold; in film “Miss Congeniality”)

People’s Army Foundation Day (North Korea)

Plastic Grocery Bag Day

Poetry Day (Ireland)

Portugal Day (Portugal)

Radunitsa (Ancestors Veneration Day; Belarus)

Red Hat Society Day

Revolution Day (Timor-Leste)

Secotorial Government Holiday (Jordan)

Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt)

Tag des Baumes (Arbor Day; Germany)

20-Something Service Day

Whip-Poor-Will Day (Pennsylvania)

World DNA Day

World Malaria Day (UN)

World Penguin Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Crotilla Day

National Zucchini Bread Day

4th & Last Thursday in April

Dining Out For Life [Last Thursday]

Gathering of Nations (Native American Pow Wow) [begins 4th Thursday thru Saturday]

International Girls in ICT Day (4th Thursday]

Love Your Thighs Day [4th Thursday]

Pay It Forward Day [Last Thursday]

Poem in Your Pocket Day [Last Thursday]

Sumardagurinn Fyrsti (1st Day of Summer; Iceland) [Thursday after 4.18]

Support Teen Literature Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Action for Libraries Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day [4th Thursday]

Teach Your Children to Save Day [4th Thursday]

Thank You Thursday [6 Days Before 1st Wednesday in May]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 25 (4th Week)

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [thru 4.27]

National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends [thru 4.28] (also in Feb, Sep & Nov)

Independence & Related Days

Copan (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Novaland (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Principality of Martin Presidia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Yom HaAtzma’ut [יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת] (Israeli Independence Day observed) [5 Iyar]

Festivals Beginning April 25, 2024

Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) [thru 5.5]

Bern Geranium Market [Bärner Graniummärit] (Bern, Switzerland)

Beaufort Wine & Food (Beaufort, North Carolina) [thru 4.28]

Buenos Aires International Book Fair (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [thru 5.13]

Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival (Williamsburg, Virginia) [thru 6.13]

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Canada) [thru 4.28]

Gathering of Nations (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 4.27]

Gauge County Maple Festival (Chardon, Ohio) [thru 4.28]

Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival (Marshfield, Missouri) [thru 4.27]

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 5.5]

San Francisco International Film Festival (San Francisco, California) [thru 4.28]

Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival (Shepherd, Michigan) [thru 4.28]

Vidalia Onion Festival (Vidalie, Oregon) [thru 4.28]

Washington State Apple Blossom Festival (Wenatchee, Washington) [thru 5.5]

World Dog Show (Zagreb, Croatia) [thru 4.28]

Feast Days

Adonia (Greek women's festival)

Anianus of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Aristides (Positivist; Saint)

Blessing of the Wheat (Ancient Hungary)

Canadanaigua (festival of lights, ritual of harvest and thanksgiving; Native American)

Cy Twombly (Artology)

Festival of Robigalia (Ancient Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piamarta (Christian; Saint)

Heribald (Christian; Saint)

Ivo (Christian; Saint)

Karel Appel (Artology)

Kebius of Cornwall (Christian; Saint)

Major Rogation (Western Christianity)

Mark the Evangelist (Christian; Saint)

Maughold of Isle of Man (Christian; Saint)

Mr. Hooper (Muppetism)

Mr. T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Phaebadius, Bishop of Agen (Christian; Saint)

Philo and Agathopodes (Christian; Saint)

Quarks (Muppetism)

The Robigalia (Ancient Roman Grain & Corn Festival)

Walpurgisnacht, Day III (Pagan)

World Penguin Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [21 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [24 of 57]

Premieres

Abusement Park (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)

Baby Mama (Film; 2009)

Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)

Big River (Broadway Musical; 1985)

The Big Short, by Michael Lewis (Book; 2010)

Drooler’s Delight (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1949)

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Film; 2008)

Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell (Memoir; 1938)

Infest, by Papa Roach (Album; 2000)

Let’s Eat (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Let’s Stick Together (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Manhattan (Film; 1979)

Nuts and Volts (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1840)

The Other Woman (Film; 2014)

Piére li Houyeû (Peter the Miner), by Eugène Ysaÿe (Opera; 1931)

Polar Playmates (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1946)

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (Novel; 1719)

Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (Film; 1997)

The Sky is Falling (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1947)

The Stupidstitious Cat (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)

That’s My Pup (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)

Turandot, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1926)

Valse Trust, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 2006)

Westward Whoa (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

Where the Buffalo Roam (Film; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Erwin, Markus (Austria)

Marko (Bulgaria)

Franka, Marko, Maroje (Croatia)

Marek (Czech Republic)

Markus (Denmark)

Marek, Margo, Margus, Mark, Marko, Markus (Estonia)

Markku, Marko, Markus (Finland)

Marc (France)

Erwin, Markus (Germany)

Markela, Markos, Nike, Niki (Greece)

Márk (Hungary)

Franco, Marco (Italy)

Barbala, Līksma, Liksme, Marks, Markus (Latvia)

Gražvyda, Gražvydė, Morkus, Tolmantas, Žadmantė (Lithuania)

Mark, Markus (Norway)

Jarosław, Marek, Wasyl (Poland)

Marcu, Vasile (Romania)

Marek (Slovakia)

Marcos (Spain)

Markus (Sweden)

Mark, Marko (Ukraine)

Marc, Marcel, Marcella, Marcia, Marcila, Marco, Marcos, Marcus, Marcy, Maricela, Mario, Marisol, Mark, Markus, Marsha (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 116 of 2024; 250 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 17 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 17 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 17 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 16 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 26 Cyan; Fryday [25 of 30]

Julian: 12 April 2024

Moon: 97%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Caesar (5th Month) [Cimon]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 38 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 6 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Lagu (Flowing Water) [Half-Month 9 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 5.12)

[famousinuniverse]

Culture of East Timor

The culture of East Timor reflects numerous cultural influences, including Portuguese, Roman Catholic, and Malay, on the indigenous Austronesian cultures in East Timor.

People & Culture

Society

Princess Anne accompanied by her husband Rear Admiral Tim Laurence, shakes hands with East Timor Social Workers in Dili, Indonesia, on 27 September 2005.

Timorese are incredibly hospitable, gregarious and some of the friendliest you’ll ever encounter. Celebrations held at national and community levels are many and vibrant. Timorese society is also conservative and traditional with a strong focus on family, the community and religion.

Population

A crowd waving national flags in Dili after East Timor gained its independence, May 20, 2002.

With a population of around 1.3 million, Timorese are linked closely. At the same time the country’s identitiy is composed of many indigenous groups, each with its own language and cultural practices. Tetun is the largest of these accounting for approximately 25% of the population. They live around Dili, Suai and Viqueque. Mambae make up a further 10% and are found in the central mountains. Other groups include the Kemak, Bunak and Fataluku amongst others, each accounting for 5% or less.

Language

Campaigning for reading in Timor-Leste.

 The Portuguese School of Díli

Timor-Leste (East Timor) has many spoken languages reflecting past migration, colonialism and other occupation. Tetun and Portuguese languages have been given official status, with Indonesian and English considered working languages. Another fifteen or more indigenous languages also are spoken.

Settlement

Dili- Capital

Timorese mostly reside in small towns and remote villages

The capital of Dili is a modern developing city offering a wide range of services and amenities for residents and visitors. While many Timorese are drawn to the capital seeking employment, 70% still live in rural areas. These Timorese mostly reside in small towns and remote villages and practice a subsistence fishing and farming lifestyle.

Religion

Igreja da Imaculada Conceição church, in Viqueque

An East Timorese wedding in 2006

Cristo Rei Dili Timor Leste

Around 90% of Timorese identify as Roman Catholic and the remainder mostly as Protestant, Muslim and Hindu. In spite of this, animism continues to be a persuasive force in most peoples’ everyday lives. Observing the way animist and religious beliefs are seamlessly blended is one of the interesting aspects of holidaying in this country.

Culture

Timorese cultural heritage is multi-layered – a fascinating combination of traditional Timorese, Portuguese, Chinese and Indonesian influences. This permeates their local architecture, cuisine, clothing styles and artistic endeavors.

Timorese culture continues to evolve in local arts and handicrafts, as well as in dance and music. Cultural motifs, both old and modern, are incorporated into the design of tais – hand-woven textiles, basket work and wood carving.

Traditional Timorese dancers

Cultural groups still perform traditional dances and songs and also are entertaining in new ways. Talented Timorese bands and dance groups perform in local venues and at festivals.

Architecture

There is a fair amount of architectural variety in Timor-Leste (East Timor), since each ethnic group have their own traditions and customs. However, nearly all architecture has been constructed of wood so few buildings have lasted to the present and much of what stands today is from the past century other than a few structures.

Sacred house (lee teinu) in Lospalos

Early, and still the most traditional, architecture in Timor-Leste is the totem house. Examples of these constructions are found all across the country but vary from one region and ethnic background to another. Uma lulik also mean spirit houses because they hold the spirits of ancestors of the family that owns it. There were rebuilt every ten years to help renew the community’s connection to its forebears and its land.

Also, there are few Portuguese-styled buildings in Timor-Leste, coming from the Portuguese legacy. Most of these buildings in this style are churches or buildings in the capital of Dili. Following on Portuguese tradition of building from stone, concrete, and other more solid substances, today the country has a fair amount of modern buildings made primarily from concrete and glass.

Sport

National sports of East Timor (Timor-Leste) is Football.

Timorese participate in a wide range of sports, including football which they are extremely passionate about.

East Timor has taken part in multiple international sporting events., such as the 2003 Southeast Asian Games held in Vietnam in 2003. In the 2003 ASEAN Paralympics Games, also held in Vietnam, East Timor won a bronze medal. In the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, six athletes participated in three sports: athletics, weightlifting and boxing). East Timor won three medals in Arnis at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. East Timor was one of the competing nations in the first Lusophony Games, winning a bronze medal in the women’s volleyball competition. On 30 October 2008, East Timor earned their first international points in a FIFA match with a 2–2 draw against Cambodia.

Culture of East Timor - Wikipedia

Timorese children, East Timor, by United Nations Photos

[antifacatra]

Rate the flag of Timor Leste

Hmmmm 7.5 I like the color scheme very clean

[wallpapers4screen]

[barkingbonzo]

https://mpodger.redbubble.com

[arkipelagic]

@nablah: REMOVE SINGAPORE AND PUT MY SISTER TIMOR LESTE THERE

you reminded me that for his costume entry for mister international 2022, mr singapore dressed up in just shorts with a singaporean flag 😭

mind you, this is what the rest of the region dressed up as:

[allflagsworld]

Timor-Leste (East Timor) was once ruled by Portugal, then invaded by Indonesia, and its troubled violent birth is represented on its flag. The design is like that used by the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (Fretilin), who opposed Indonesia's rule. The white star signifies hope for the future. More details of Timor-Leste Flag available at Flagsworld.

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Flag of Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Aspect Ratio 1:2

The flag of Timor-Leste was readopted in 2002. Following the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal, centuries of colonial rule in Timor-Leste came to an end. In 1975 the nation officially declared independence and adopted a new flag, as outlined in the constitution. Nine days later, Indonesia, under the pretense of anti-colonialism invaded the nation and began a quarter century long occupation. In 2002 Timor-Leste regained independence, and the 1975 flag was readopted. According to the 2002 constitution, the yellow represents the traces of colonialism, the black for the obscurantism that needs to be overcome, red for the struggle for independence, and white for peace.

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[carolinahope]

Olympic Fashion

Most of the outfits were kinda boring but there were some that stood out. In a good way. 

I loved when the flag bearers wore special outfits

Ukraine - the close up

Israel - subtle but interesting

Timor-Leste - fly as fuck

Nigeria - never disappoints

San Marino - me likey

Iran - yes please

Finland - I can get behind this

Saudi Arabia - I like this

Azerbaijan - it can take so little to make for an interesting outfit

France - I can't decide if I like it or not

Kazakhstan - the flag bearers are so cool. And the general outfits slay

American Samoa - bringing in the thirst traps

Netherlands - I like the hats

Colombia - asi se hace!

Haiti - OMC, I love it!

Czech republic - it's actually pretty neat

Slovakia - I liked the hat and the gloves. bit bland but could have been worse

South Korea - yay, something interesting

Mongolia - love both the outfits

Mexico - asi me gusta! Es precioso  <3