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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atoni Pah Meto 5
Atoin Pah Meto canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
alternateName Atoin Meto
Atoni
Atoni Pah Meto
linked to: Atoin Pah Meto
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
environment semi-arid savanna landscape
ethnonymMeaning people of the dry land
houseType ume kbubu (round traditional house)
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
language Uab Meto
languageBranch Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
livelihood subsistence agriculture
livestockHerding cattle
horses
mainCrops beans
dryland rice
maize
tubers
mainIsland Timor
marriagePattern bridewealth exchange
materialCulture handwoven textiles
wooden ritual objects
modernAdministrativeArea East Nusa Tenggara Province
linked to: East Nusa Tenggara

Kupang Regency
Timor Tengah Selatan Regency
Timor Tengah Utara Regency
neighboringEthnicGroup Helong people
Tetum people
linked to: Timorese people
primaryLocation West Timor
western Timor Island
religion Christianity
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
indigenous animist beliefs
ritualSpecialist makoan (ritual priest)
socialOrganization clan-based society
textileTradition ikat weaving
traditionalLeaderTitle liurai
usif
traditionalPoliticalSystem sonaf-based kingdom system
traditionalRegion Timor Barat (West Timor)

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atoni ethnonymVariant Atoin Pah Meto
Dawan hasAlternativeName Atoni Pah Meto
linked to: Atoin Pah Meto
Dawan hasAlternativeName Atoin Pah Meto
Dawan people ethnonym Atoni Pah Meto
linked to: Atoin Pah Meto
Dawan people selfDesignation Atoni Pah Meto
linked to: Atoin Pah Meto
Atoin Pah Meto alternateName Atoni Pah Meto
linked to: Atoin Pah Meto
Atoni people alternativeName Atoni Pah Meto
linked to: Atoin Pah Meto