麻豆社

East Timorese call their Uma Lulik, or sacred huts, 鈥淭he centre of everything.鈥� They are where memories and wisdom are preserved, and serve as a link between the past and the present. Many Uma Lulik were destroyed by retreating Indonesians when East Timor gained independence from Indonesia in 2002. The sacred huts which remain are part of a wider set of beliefs around lulik 鈥� or 鈥渕agic.鈥� Now the Uma Lulik are being rebuilt.