Hauba war
Author(s)
Title
Hauba war
Alternative Title
Funu Hauba
Publication Type
Language
tet
Number of Pages
1
Location
Timor-Leste
Keywords
Funu Hauba
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding
ICH Genre
Description
Funu Hauba (Hauba war), according to the story of the ancestors of the Lacoto house, there was a war called the Hauba War. The ancestors of the Lacoto clan also participated in this war. This war is known as the brotherly war between the Kemak people in Hauba. The war occurred because the brothers were divided into two groups: good people and bad people, or buan (witches). At that time, the ancestors of the Lacoto tribe went to help the good people to fight against the witch people. The witch people were defeated in this war, and they had to flee Hauba and live as slaves in other people's land. They left with their culture and their traditional houses to build in the land where they became slaves. Those who grew up and became slaves in other people's land named the land where they lived, and today we know the land as Atambua, which comes from the word Atan-buan (witch-slaves). Today, many traditional houses in Atambua have the same names as the traditional houses in Hauba, and they still speak Kemak as evidence of the war.
Book/Journal Title
Publisher
Timor-Leste National Comission for UNESCO
Place of Publication
Timor-Leste
Date of Publication
2024
Pages
28
Academic Field
Cultural study (Oral tradition)
Community/Ethnic Group
Community of Aileu Municipality
Remexio
Ethnic group of Lacoto Rumbia
Contributor
Active Contribution
Timor-Leste, FY 2024