Fatuk Bossok

Fatuk Bossok with an Ai To'os in Fahisoi , Aileu at a ceremony

Under the stone slabs there are urns ( Nahasaka , Viqueque )

Fatuk Bossok are stone altars of the traditional religion of Timor in East Timor . Traditionally they are piled up from rough stones without mortar. An ai to'os (the East Timorese variant of a totem pole ) can stand in its center . In a Fatuk Bossok, urns of the deceased can also be kept or stones or plants regarded as holy ( lulik ) can be placed on them . But these altars are always a place of worship.

Web links

Commons : Fatuk Bossok  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alberto Fidalgo Castro: As Uma Lulik de Ainaro , 2010 , accessed on May 30, 2019.