Liurai is a ruler's title on Timor. The word is Tetun and literally means "surpassing the earth". It was originally associated with Wehali, a ritually...
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Liurai is a suco in Aileu Subdistrict, Aileu District, East Timor. The administrative area covers an area of 10.33 square kilometres and at the time of...
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Babulo (Uato-Lari) (section Baha Liurai Festival)
mountain Babulo (670m) lies to the south of the village of the same name. Baha Liurai, the Suco's holy mountain, lies to the north-east of the village of Babulo...
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the part of the Portuguese against Boaventura, the Liurai of Manufahi. Dom Aleixo become the Liurai of Ainaro after 1912. In 1931 he converted to the Catholic...
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the culmination of a series of revolts led by Dom Boaventura [pt], the liurai (chief) of the native kingdom of Manufahi. The first lasted from 1894 to...
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of the Portuguese and Topasses in West Timor collapsed. In April 1751, Liurais of Servião rose up; according to one source, Gaspar only met his death...
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made an honorary Liurai in September 2014, when he and his family visited the country to attend the second Senate session of the Liurais Association, which...
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"female", and he kept an executive "male" regent or assistant by his side, the Liurai ("surpassing the land"). According to oral tradition Wehali was the first...
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the Liurai of Ambeno, João da Cruz, staged a revolt against the Portuguese. It was quickly put down, after which the Ambeno kingdom lapsed. The Liurai of...
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Bandudatu Suco Fahiria Suco Fatubosa Suco Hoholau Suco Lahae Suco Lausi Suco Liurai Suco Malere Suco Saboria Suco Seloi Kraik Laulara Administrative Post Suco...
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