State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste

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Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Lúcio
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/95422
Resumo: UID/ELT/00657/2019
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spelling State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-LesteNation BuildingOral TraditionPeacebuildingPolitical LegitimacyTimor-LesteUID/ELT/00657/2019In Timor-Leste, the lia na`in (lian = word; na`in = lord, master) – leaders of customary practice – are becoming key to tradition, to “kultura” (culture), an emerging area of public cultural policies. Traditionally associated with the local communities and the mountains, they are the ones that know and pronounce the words that uncover the origin of the world, and the relationship between mankind, nature, and ancestors. Since 20 May 2002, when political power was handed from the United Nations to the Timorese authorities, several episodes have illustrated that the involvement of the lia na`in has shifted from their traditional local contexts to national ones. From small-scale sociopolitical agents, the lia na`in became a resource as buffers of conflict or of reconciliation, as council members of the suco, the smallest administrative division, and as actors in national state ceremonies, taking part in the process of (re)creating the nation’s cultural identity. The purpose of this article is to discuss the role assigned to lia na`in in state affairs and the nation, particularly the role concerning conflict resolution. The argument, I propose, is that the participation of the lia na`in , as a ritual authority, in state-sponsored ceremonies has become a major resource of credibility to the new national authorities.Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição (IELT - NOVA FCSH)RUNSousa, Lúcio2020-03-31T23:20:09Z2019-122019-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article15application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/95422eng1999-2521PURE: 16644564https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0022info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:43:27Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/95422Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:38:19.969078Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste
title State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste
spellingShingle State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste
Sousa, Lúcio
Nation Building
Oral Tradition
Peacebuilding
Political Legitimacy
Timor-Leste
title_short State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste
title_full State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste
title_fullStr State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste
title_full_unstemmed State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste
title_sort State Appropriation of Traditional Actors and Oral Narratives in Timor-Leste
author Sousa, Lúcio
author_facet Sousa, Lúcio
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sousa, Lúcio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Nation Building
Oral Tradition
Peacebuilding
Political Legitimacy
Timor-Leste
topic Nation Building
Oral Tradition
Peacebuilding
Political Legitimacy
Timor-Leste
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