Atoin Pah Meto

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Atoin Pah Meto refers to the Atoni (Atoin Meto), an indigenous Timorese ethnic group primarily inhabiting the western part of Timor Island, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional political systems.

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Atoin Pah Meto canonical 2
Atoni Pah Meto 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
alternateName Atoin Meto NERFINISHED
Atoni NERFINISHED
Atoni Pah Meto NERFINISHED
builtEnvironment clustered hilltop settlements
colonialHistory incorporated into Dutch East Indies
cosmologyFeature sacred house as ritual center
country Indonesia
culturalPractice ancestor veneration
ritual exchange of goods
culturalRegion Meto highlands of West Timor NERFINISHED
environment semi-arid savanna landscape
ethnonymMeaning people of the dry land
houseType ume kbubu (round traditional house)
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
language Uab Meto NERFINISHED
languageBranch Central Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
livelihood subsistence agriculture
livestockHerding cattle
horses
mainCrops beans
dryland rice
maize
tubers
mainIsland Timor NERFINISHED
marriagePattern bridewealth exchange
materialCulture handwoven textiles
wooden ritual objects
modernAdministrativeArea East Nusa Tenggara Province NERFINISHED
Kupang Regency NERFINISHED
Timor Tengah Selatan Regency NERFINISHED
Timor Tengah Utara Regency NERFINISHED
neighboringEthnicGroup Helong people NERFINISHED
Tetum people NERFINISHED
primaryLocation West Timor NERFINISHED
western Timor Island
religion Christianity
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
indigenous animist beliefs
ritualSpecialist makoan (ritual priest)
socialOrganization clan-based society
textileTradition ikat weaving
traditionalLeaderTitle liurai NERFINISHED
usif
traditionalPoliticalSystem sonaf-based kingdom system
traditionalRegion Timor Barat (West Timor) NERFINISHED

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Atoni ethnonymVariant Atoin Pah Meto
Dawan hasAlternativeName Atoin Pah Meto
this entity surface form: Atoni Pah Meto
Dawan hasAlternativeName Atoin Pah Meto