Istoria Timor

Manan na'in iha kompetisaun Istoria Timor/Winners of Istoria Timor

2010-09-06T01:21:00.000-07:00

Iha Sesta kalan Agosto 27, manan na'in iha kompetisaun Istoria Timor anunsia tiha ona.
On Friday 27 August, we announced the winners of the Istoria Timor writing competition!

ISTORIA KAPAS LIU HUSI FETO:
BEST STORY BY A WOMAN
Mesak Katak Nonook husi/written by Cidalia da Cruz

PREMIU 1
FIRST PRIZE
Iha Nafatin Dalan atu Fila husi/written by Maximus Tahu

PREMIU 2
SECOND PRIZE
Ha'u Ne'e Sala La'ek husi/written by Fabiola de Araujo

PREMIU 3
THIRD PRIZE
Ana nia Luta husi/written by Agnea Brites Maia

Parabens ba participante sire hotu!
Congratulations to all participants!

Parabens ba Istoria Timor Partisipante!

2010-08-25T20:02:00.000-07:00

Kompetisaun Istoria Timor 2010 ba manan ni'an sire sei realiza aban kalan iha oras 6.00pm, fatin Xanana Reading Room.

The winner of Istoria Timor 2010 will be announced at an event tomorrow evening at the Xanana Reading Room at 6.00pm.

Parabens ba partisipante sire hotu!
Congratulations to all participants!

Agnes Brites Maia
Afonso Arsenio Lopes
Alberto Soares Menzes
Almerio Saldanha Borges
Betty Reis
Cidalia da Cruz
Edita Afoan
Fabiola de Araujo
Jose Andrade da Cruz
Juliao Mesquita
Maximus Tahu
Manuel De Jesus Pinto
Yohannes Andre

2010-08-17T02:30:00.000-07:00

Timor Aid and Alola Foundation invite you to:

Timor Aid no Fundasaun Alola konvida Ita-Boot ba serimónia:

the announcement of the winner of

anunsiu manan-na’in ba kompetisaun hakerek

ISTORIA TIMOR 2010

Tetun Story Writing Competition

Kompetisaun Hakerek Istoria Tetun

When/Iha: Friday 27 August/Sesta 27 Agosto
Time/Oras: 6.00pm
Venue/Fatin: Xanana Reading Room, Lecidere

RSVP, please email/ Ba klarifikasaun, favor email: istoriatimor@timoraid.org

Istoria Timor - Competition Now Closed, Winner to be Announced on 27 August

2010-07-19T23:45:00.000-07:00

Kompetisaun Istoria TImor agora daudaun taka ona. Obrigadu barak ba ita-boot sira nia istoria.

Sei anunsiu manan na'in iha eventu iha loron Sesta 27 Agostu 2010. Informasaun balu sei mai tan!

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The Istoria Timor competition is now closed. Thank you for all your stories.

The winner will be announced at an event on Friday 27 August. More details coming soon!

Istoria Timor - Deadline Extended to Friday 9 July!

2010-06-29T00:46:00.000-07:00

Prasu ba kompetisaun hakesek istoria tetun hanaruk tan too loron Sesta 9 Jullu tempa sei iha hodi hatama ita boot sira nia istoria.

Ita boot sira bele haruka liu hosi indereso email: istoriatimor@timoraid.org lori ba endrega iha Timor Aid nia office ho Fundasaun Alola nia office.

The Istoria Timor competition deadline has been extended until Friday 9 July so there is still time to finish writing and enter your story!

You can email your story to: istoriatimor@timoraid.org or drop it into the Timor Aid or Alola Foundation offices.

Ha'u Maka Lucas

2010-06-14T01:11:00.000-07:00

Ha’u Maka Lucas

Iha fulan Juñu 2009 Teodosio Ximenes partisipa iha Kompetisaun Nasional Hakerek nian iha Timor no sai manan na’in dahuluk ba novela primeiru iha dalen Tetun. Novela ne’e ho títulu “Ha’u Maka Lucas.” Istória ne’e publika tiha ona nia edisaun dahuluk iha nasaun foun ne’e iha fulan Maiu 2010. Istória iha Livru ne’e refleta ba akontesimentu ne’ebé uluk Indonesia sira naók labarik Timor-oan sira iha entre tinan 1978-1980. Indonesia sira foti labarik Tmor-oan sira liuliu mane ho objetivu atu prevene sira atu kontinua sira-nia inan-aman sira-nia ideolojia polítika ne’ebé kontra okupasaun illegal Indonesia nian iha Timor-Leste. Labarik sira ne’e balu fila ona mai Timór no hamutuk ho sira-nia família. Maibé, barak sei hela nafatin iha parte balu iha Indonesia no seidauk deskobre sira-nia identidade loloos.

Iha Australia: Livru ne’e bele hetan iha AETA-Melbourne no bele kontaktu Sr. John Sinnot ho númeru: 03 94162960

Iha Timór: Bele hetan iha Xanana Reading Room iha Lecidere, Dili.

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In June 2009, Teodosio Ximenes participated in the Timorese National Short Novel Writing Competition and won first prize for his story “Ha’u Maka Lucas” (I am Lucas). Teodosio’s book, which has recently been published, tells the story of the Timorese ‘stolen generation’ committed by the Indonesian army between 1978 and 1980. The Indonesian army took Timorese children, especially boys, away in order to prevent them from continuing the political ideology of their parents which was against Indonesia’s illegal occupation in East Timor. Some of these children have already been returned to East Timor and reunited with their family. However, many are still in some parts of Indonesia without knowing their real identity.

In Australia: The book can be obtained from the AETA-Melbourne. Contact person John Sinnot: 03 94162960

In Timór: The book is available in Xanana Reading room in Lecidere, Dili.

Istoria Timor Competition is Closing Soon!

2010-06-10T20:10:00.000-07:00

Competisaun Istoria Timor sei ramata iha loron Junu 30, lalais! Hatama ita boot sira nia istoria.

Ita boot sira bele haruka liu hosi indereso email: istoriatimor@timoraid.org lori ba endrega iha Timor Aid nia office ho Fundasaun Alola nia office.

Ba informasaun kleau liu tan, favor telefona ba numero: (+67) 3323855

The Istoria Timor is closing soon so quick, finish writing and enter your story!

You can email your story to istoriatimor@timoraid.org or drop it into the Timor Aid or Alola Foundation office in Dili.

The competition closes on 30 June.

For more information call (+67) 3323855

Istoria Timor sei koalia iha ABC Radio Australia

2010-05-31T23:51:00.000-07:00

Rona vensedor Istoria Timor ikus nian ne'ebe interview ona iha Radio ABC Australia kona ba kompetisaun ho ninia istoria: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2010/2913720.htm

Listen to last year's Istoria Timor winner, Teodozio Batista Ximenese, interviewed on ABC Radio Australia about the competition and his winning story: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2010/2913720.htm

Istoria Timor 2010 Iha Ne'e

2010-04-09T01:03:00.000-07:00

Atu hariku rekursu lee nian iha Dalen Tetun, Timor Aid ho Fundasaun Alola hakarak loke kompetisaun hakerek istoria iha dalen Tetun ne'ebe ba ema hotu. For koragen ba feto sira atu partisipa iha kompetisaun ida ne'e.

Karik Ita-Boot sira ne'be iha interese, bele hakerek Ita-Boot sira-nia istoria hodi kompete atu hetan premiu no oportunidade atu publika ita-boot sira nia istoria.

Tema istoria, no titula istoria: "nakloke"

Hakerek tenke: uza padraun Tetun Nasional (Uza Padraun Ortografia Tetun Nasional)
Liafuan minimal: 10,000
Prazu loron dahikus nian: 30 Fulan-Junu 2010

Kompetisaun Hakerek Istoria Iha dalen Tetun
Premeiu Dahuluk (I): $500
Premeiu Daruak (II): $200
Premeiu Datoluk (III): $100
Premeiu espesial ba istoria ne'ebe furak hosi Eskritora feto: $500

Istoria ne'ebe kompleta tiha ona bele haruka ba enderesu:

istoriatimor@timoraid.org

no bele kontaktu diretamente ba:
Ema Da Souza 3323855
Tomas da Luz: 3312260

Istoria Timor 2010 Is On!

2010-04-07T18:43:00.000-07:00

The Istoria Timor Short Story competition for 2010, this year sponsored by Timor Aid and Fundasaun Alola is on!

The competition will be launched in the next few weeks, with entries due on June 30th.

We are hoping that many entries are received from all over Timor.

Remember, stories must be at least 10,000 words and be good to read.

We look forward to your entries.

For more information and all queries, write to istoriatimor@timoraid.org

Liafuan ida nebee?

2009-09-15T01:13:00.001-07:00

I was waiting for a meeting with a government counterpart the other day and picked up a copy of a magazine published by the ministry as part of some information dissemination project or other. The magazine was apparently quite new and quite interesting because four of the people in the waiting room were leafing through it, including the secretary of the (relatively senior) person I was to meet. The magazine was available in Portuguese, Tetum and Indonesian; see if you can guess what the split was between the languages...

Portuguese: 0
Tetum: 1
Indonesian: 3

I suppose the lack of Portuguese readers isn't terribly surprising, but the fact that Indonesian readers outnumbered Tetum readers 3:1 was interesting. I asked why.

"There are so many Portuguese words in the Tetum they use that we can't understand it" came the reply.

I discussed this later that night with Lena - Bibi Bulak member and author in the competition - and she said that this sort of thing is incredibly common. Newspaper articles written in Tetum are often almost unintelligible due to the large number of Portuguese words used, even to some university educated Timorese.

This is a real challenge to writers in Timor-Leste as they continue to develop the language. Do they go down the Portuguese route, the Melayu route, the English route or the Tetum Terik route (where one exists)?

We are hoping to get a letter from the National Institute of Linguistics (INL) verifying that our book is in standard Tetum. Teo - the author of the first book we hope to publish - is quite familiar with standard Tetum because of his work on the Lafaek project with CARE International, so hopefully that shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Nasionalizmu Timor-Leste Nian Heteke Hosi Ninia Poeta Sira-Nia Hanoin

2009-09-08T18:09:00.001-07:00

NASIONALIZMU TIMOR-LESTE NIAN HATEKE HOSI NINIA POETA SIRA-NIA HANOIN

Hosi Abé Barreto Soares

“Poetry is existential communication”[1]

Breyten Breytenbach

INTRODUSAUN

Kestaun nasionalizmu sempre sai nu’udar tópiku ida-ne’ebé interesante atu elabora no ko’alia, partikularmente iha rai hanesan Timor-Leste, ne’ebé hakat liutiha ona periodu kolonializmu iha tempu Portugál no Indonezia nia ukun.

Hanesan mós eskritór sira seluk iha kolonia Portugeza iha kontinente Áfrika ne’ebá, eskritór Timoroan sira mós hala’o knaar ida-ne’ebé signifikante tebetebes hodi sunu lakan sentimentu nasionalizmu entre sira-nia maluk patriota sira-nia leet durante funu ba libertasaun nasionál. Ezemplu konkretu ida maka ita bele foti hosi rai Angola maka ninia eskritór, António Agostinho Neto ne’ebé, “la’ós sai de’it nu’udar Angola nia Prezidente ba dahuluk maibé kontinua sai ninia poeta ne’ebé prominente liuhotu, ho nia obra sira publika iha lian oioin. Neto nia poezia sira lida ho luta atu hetan liberdade, no ninia poema sira balu transforma sai inu sira libertasaun nian.” [2]

Ensaiu badak ida-ne’e tenta atu analiza no diskuti oituan kona-ba obra literária poeta prominente Timor-Leste nian na’in tolu: Fernando Sylvan, Francisco Borja da Costa no João Aparício, ne’ebé--oituan ka barak--ajuda tiha ona hodi forma konsiénsia nasionalizmu ema Timoroan nian iha pasadu resente ba istória kontemporánia Timor-Leste nian.

Ensaiu ne’e mós sei buka atu diskuti oituan liután kona-ba relevánsia obra literária poeta na’in tolu ne’e nian iha kontestu Timor-Leste ne’ebé livre no independente, no sira-nia vizaun ba Timor-Leste ne’ebé pásífiku no mós prósperu iha tempu ikusmai.

Fernando Sylvan: “....nem por um minuto me calarei”

Timoroan ida-ne’e la’ós koñesidu hanesan poeta de’it, maibé nia mós koñesidu hanesan prozadór no ensaísta ida. Nia naran loloos maka Abílio Leopoldo Motta-Ferreira. Nia moris iha Dili, Timor-Leste iha loron 26, fulan-Agostu, tinan 1917. Nia mate iha Cascais, Portugal iha loron 25, fulan-Dezembru, tinan 1993.

Tempu barak liu maka nia halo hotu iha Portugal. Wikipedia fó sai liután katak, apezarde “distánsia jeográfika entre Portugál no Timor-Leste, eskritór oan ida-ne’e kontinua nafatin hakerek kona-ba nia rai. Nia elabora kona-ba lenda, tradisaun no foklórika Timor nian iha nia obra sira. Nia mós, to’o ikus, koñesidu hanesan poeta boot ida lian Portugés nian, no nia sai mós prezidente ba Sosiedade Lian Portugés.”[3]

Hosi livru “A Voz Fagueira de Oan Tímor” ita bele koñese kuaze obra poétika tomak Fernado Sylvan nian. Hosi livru ida-ne’e maka ita hetan poema balun, ne’ebé deskreve sentimentu forte espiritu nasionalizmu ema Timoroan nian.

Iha tinan 1971, tinan tolu molok Revolução dos Cravos akontese iha Portugal, Fernando Sylvan hahú fanun ona nia maluk sira kona-ba kestaun rasizmu.Tinan 1971 ne’e sai nu’udar tinan Internasionál kontra Rasizmu. Hanesan portavós ida povu kolonizadu nian hosi nasaun Terseiru Mundu, Fernando Sylvan espresa nia sentimentu profundu kona-ba asuntu ne’e liuhosi nia poema Mensajem do Terceiro Mundo. Hosi liña balu poema ne’e nian, nia marka nia pozisaun firme, hodi hananu,

“Não tenhas medo de confessar que me sugaste o sangue

E esgravataste chagas do meu corpo

E me tiraste o mar do peixe e o sal do mar

E a água pura e a terra boa

E levantaste a cruz contra os meus deuses

E me calaste nas palavras que eu pensava.

.............

Não tenhas medo de confessar o esforço

De silenciar os meus batuques

E de apagar as queimadas e as fogueiras

E desvendar os segredos e os mistérios

E destruir todos os meus jogos

E também os cantares dos meus avós.

.....

E eu sobrevivi

Para construir estradas e cidades a teu lado

E inventar fábricas e Ciência,

Que o mundo não pôde ser feito só por ti.” [4]

Iha tinan 1981, hafoin tiha tinan neen Timor-Leste hetan invazaun no okupasaun hosi nia rai viziñu Indonézia, Fernando Sylvan mosu fali ona, hodi fó korajen ba maluk Timoroan sira atu luta kontra dominasaun estranjeira ne’e, atu to’o ikus hetan liberdade no pás. Nia lamenta mós ho Portugál nia reasaun maka la forte hasoru realidade ne’e. Poema Timor-Leste ne’ebé Fernando Sylvan hakerek ne’e, fó sai nia sasin, fó sai nia hakilar:

“Timor,

teu grito fretilin ecoará

com Portugal quieto

com Portugal calado

sem um acto de força a tua força

sem um gesto de orgulho ao teu orgulho

sem um nada de nada a tua História

Mas tu resistirás a Indonésia

e lutarás

e redesfraldarás a tua bandeira

e recantarás o teu hino

e reproclamarás a tua independência

E na liberdade das tuas liberdades

terás a justiça da tua justiça

e no amor do teu amor

terás a paz da tua paz......” [5]

Fernando Sylvan iha vizaun katak, sedu ka tarde, funu Timor-Leste nian hasoru Indonézia atu hetan pás no liberdade, sei to’o nia rohan. Nia fiar katak, to’o ikus Timoroan sira sei ku’u duni ai-fuan ukun rasik an nian. Vizaun ida-ne’e partilla ho momós hosi líder Timor-Leste nian iha estranjeiru, José Ramos-Horta (Prezidente Repúblika atuál Timor-Leste nian) bainhira nia hala’o luta diplomátika iha tinan barak nia laran. Hosi Ramos-Horta nia livru, “Funu: The Unfinished Saga of East Timor”, ita mós bele hetan poema ki’ikoan ida Fernando Sylvan nian kona-ba funu, mak laiha títulu, ne’ebé nia sita:

“Funu, guerra. –A guerra

há-de terminar

a sorrir amor.

Semente a partir-se

tem seu fim na flor.”[6]

Espiritu Mauberismu ne’ebé iha tinan barak haburas no promove hosi Fretilin iha luta ba libertasaun nasionál Timor-Leste nian, inspira “homen das letras” ida hanesan Fernando Sylvan. Liuhosi poema Manifesto Maubere, Fernando Sylvan hakarak haforsa liután determinasaun povu Timor-Leste, povu Maubere nian atu afirma nia identidade rasik. Maluk Timoroan barak iha rai estranjeiru, liuliu iha Portugál ne’ebá, kostume uza poema ne’e iha sira-nia atuasaun kulturál, hanesan omenajen ba lia-na’in ida-ne’e.

MANIFESTO MAUBERE [7]

A cultura é a memória

de um povo que não morre!

A acção é a história

de um povo que não morre!

Ouviram?

Ouviram bem?

A vida é a liberdade

de um povo que não morre!

A independência é a vontade

de um povo que não morre!

Ouviram?

Ouviram bem?

A justiça é a oferta

de um povo que não morre!

A luta é a descoberta

de um povo que não morre!

Ouviram?

Ouviram bem?

Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, líder Timoroan nian ne’ebé mate iha kombate iha ai-laran, iha tinan 1978, laiha dúvida katak, halo Timoroan sira nia morál atu luta ba ukun rasik an sai nakdoko tebes. Fernando Sylvan tenta atu hamoris filafali espiritu luta nian, hodi deskreve Nicolau Lobato nia grandeza, ne’ebé sei kontinua moris no eziste iha Timoroan sira-nia fuan no laran. Poema Vozes Mauberes tuirmai haktuir sentimentu klean ida-ne’e:

VOZES MAUBERES [8]

Uma criança chama:

-Presidente Nicolau Lobato!

Outras crianças chamam:

-Presidente Nicolau Lobato!

Vamos responder-lhes com as vozes dele:

-Presente!

Hanesan omenajen kmanek ida ba Xanana Gusmão (Primeiru Ministru atuál Timor-Leste nian), ne’ebé uluk iha ai-laran sai nu’udar lider prominente rezisténsia nian, Fernando Sylvan hananu iha nia poema tuirmai. Nia uza metafora manu aman atu deskreve funu-na’in, no tara hanesan kroat ka kilat. Maibé, iha nia poema ne’e, nia deskreve katak Xanana, hanesan manu-aman, la uza tara atu hafetu. Ne’e hatudu katak Xanana uza nia matenek, uza nia diplomasia atu manan nia funu-maluk sira.

Poema a Xanana Gusmão [9]

Depois

(mas só depois)

os galos

lutarão sem lâminas

Poema ne’e mós hanesan esforsu ida hosi nia autór nian atu hatan no kompleta knananuk populár ema Timoroan nian, ne’ebe buras iha funu laran, hanesan deskreve tuirmai:

Manu aman Timor-Leste

Manu futu fatin

Lalika tau tara manu futu fatin

Iha seremónia sira bainhira selebra loron boot Timor-Leste nian, ema kostume hanoin filafali funu-na’in sira-ne’ebé mate iha funu laran--luta ba ukun rasik an, hodi halo “um minuto de silêncio”. Hanesan poeta ida-ne’ebé iha hanoin alternativu, Fernando Sylvan reaze hodi hatete iha liafuan poétika sira-tuirmai, hanesan aktu protestu nian ida:

“Pedem-me um minuto de silêncio pelos mortos mauberes

Respondo que nem por um minuto me calarei!” [10]

Francisco Borja da Costa: “ ……Na ponta da minha baioneta/Marcarei na história a forma da minha libertação”

Lia na’in ida-ne’e koñesidu liu ho nia naran apalidu, Borja da Costa bainhira ita ko’alia kona-ba “Sé maka Sé” iha mundu literária Timor-Leste nian. Nia moris “iha Fatuberlihu, iha kosta sul Timor-Leste iha loron 14, fulan-Outubru, tinan 1946.[11] Nia mate ho tinan 30 bainhira Timor-Leste hetan invazaun hosi tropa Indonézia iha loron 7, fulan-Dezembru. Tropás parakedista sira maka oho nia.

Borja da Costa iha nia observasaun di’ak ba kestaun diskriminasaun durante tempu ukun koloniál Portugés nian “bainhira nia tuir obrigasaun militar ba tropaz Portugés no haknaar iha Laclubar. Nia haree katak knaar militar ne’ebé nia hala’o nu’udar

“esperiensia di’ak”tanba nia hetan aten boot atu ko’alia hasoru diskriminasaun rasiál. Liutiha halo hotu knaar militár, nia fila fali ba knaar governu nian. Hosi nia pozisaun iha governu, nia bele observa prosesu sensura ne’ebé la’o iha ukun Portugés. Nia halo peskiza pesoál ba diskriminasaun hasoru ema Timor iha servisu fatin.”[12]

Bainhira Revolucão dos Cravos mosu iha Lisboa iha loron 25, fulan-Abril, tinan 1974 Borja da Costa iha ona Portugal ne’ebá “hala’o estájiu iha “Diario de Noticias” “[13] Bainhira nia iha Lisboa, “nia haknaar no hela hamutuk ema Timor-Leste seluk iha Casa dos Timorenses, sentru ida ba nasionalista Timor-Leste iha liur. Tuir nia liafuan rasik, nia “politikamente hetan matenek” hosi ema Timor-Leste ne’ebé radikál”[14]

Durante iha Portugal, Borja da Costa nia espiritu literáriu-revolusionáriu hakroat liután liuhosi nia leitura ba obra eskritór famozu sira.“Tuir nia, hakerek na’in ne’ebé iha influensia boot maka Bertold Brecht, Pablo Neruda, Maxim Gorky,”knaar Marxista” no poezia Mao Tsetung nian.”[15]

Borja da Costa nu’udar lia-na’in ida ne’ebé “hakerek poezia iha forma klásika, iha lia-Tetum. Nia imajen sira ne’e hotu kona-ba buat murak sira Timor nian; foho tutun maka kleuk tun sa’e, manu sira iha knua laran, kona-ba mota sira ne’ebé fahe malu no hamutuk filafali ho laiha rohan laek.”[16]

Borja da Costa hahú tenta atu fanun Timoroan sira hodi “loke matan didi’ak hodi haree realidade katak sira moris iha ukun koloniál nia okos” bainhira nia fila hikas tiha mai ona hosi Lisboa iha tinan 1974. Hamutuk ho nia maluk Abílio Araújo iha Fretilin ne’ebé nia rasik halo parte, sira “kria poezia no hananu ne’ebé fo sai hanoin nasaun povu Timor ne’ebé kleur tebes ona moris iha hanehan laran. Sira muda hananu tradisionál….Knaar ba dahuluk hosi rarosan ida-ne’e maka “Foho Ramelau” ne’ebé tuirmai hatene hanesan “hananu revolusaun” Fretilin nian..”[17]

Foho Ramelau [18]

…….

Tan sá timur ulun sudur uai-uain?

Tan sá timur oan ata uai-uain?

Hadeer rai-hun mutin ona lá!

Hadeer loron foun sa’e ona lá!

Loke matan loron foun to’o iha knuak

Loke matan loron foun iha ita rain

Hadeer kaer rasik kuda talin eh!

Hadeer ukun rasik ita rain eh!

Hosi knananuk Foho Ramelau Timoroan sira sinti katak sira tuba metin atu kaer rasik sira-nia destinu, sedu ka tarde.

Iha tinan barak nia laran, durante funu rezisténsia, knananuk ida-ne’e sunu lakan nafatin ema Timoroan sira-nia espiritu atu luta hodi hetan direitu ba auto-determinasaun. Iha vila laran Timor-Leste nian maka knananuk ne’e forsa okupante Indonézia sira bandu Timoroan sira atu labele kanta, maibé iha ai-laran no iha rai estranjeiru ne’ebé Timoroan sira iha ba, porezemplu hanesan Austrália no Portugál, knananuk ne’e ema kontinua rona nafatin.

Iha nasaun ne’ebé de’it iha mundu rai klaran ne’e sempre iha nia inu nasionál rasik. Borja da Costa kontribui nia obra “Pátria, Pátria” ba inu nasionál Timor-Leste nian. Bainhira independénsia Timor-Leste nian deklara iha loron 28, fulan-Novembru, tinan 1975 inu ne’e hananu ba dahuluk públikamente.

Hino Nacional [19]

Pátria, pátria!

Timor-Leste, nossa Nação

Glória ao Povo e aos heróis

Da nossa Libertação.

Vencemos o colonialismo

Gritamos, abaixo o Imperialismo

Terra Livre, Povo livre

Não, não a exploração.

Avante unidos

Firmes e decididos

Na luta contra o Imperialismo

O inimigo dos Povos

Até a vitória final

Pelo caminho da Revolução

Pátria, pátria!

Timor-Leste, nossa Nação

Glória ao Povo e aos heróis

Da nossa Libertação.

Tinan atus ba atus, Portugál ukun Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste nia ema sira moris iha opresaun boot nia laran. Hafoin tiha prosesu dezkolonizasaun Timor-Leste nian ne’ebé, to’o ikus, la hamosu rezultadu di’ak iha tinan 1970 nia laran, Timor-Leste tenke obrigadu enfrenta invazaun no okupasaun Indonézia nian durante tinan 20 resin. Ema Timoroan sira sinti katak sira la sai na’in rasik ba sira-nia rain ho okupasaun ida-ne’e. Sira moris iha nakukun, sira moris laiha liberdade. Poema “O Rasto da Tua Passagem” tuirmai deskreve Borja da Costa nia revolta maka’as kontra asaun kolonializmu no forma libertasaun povu kolonizadu sira-nian. Ativista Timoroan sira iha Austrália konsege halo gravasaun ba deklamasaun poema ida-ne’e ho lian-Inglés no lian-Portugés no buka atu halo sirkulasaun gravasaun ida-ne’e iha Timor-Leste laran no iha Indonézia klandestinamente, durante tempu rezisténsia. Deklamasaun poema ida-ne’e ajuda kehe ahi espiritu nasionalizmu nian, liu-liu iha juventude Timoroan sira-nia fuan laran, ne’ebé frekuenta universidade sira iha Indonézia.

O Rasto da Tua Passagem [20]

Silenciaste minha razão

Na razão das tuas leis

Sufocaste minha cultura

Na cultura da tua cultura

Abafaste minhas revoltas

Com a ponta da tua baioneta

Torturaste meu corpo

Nos grilhões do teu império

Subjugaste minha alma

Na fé da tua religião

Saqueaste

Assassinaste

Massacraste

Pilhaste

Minha terra, minha gente

Banhada em sangue

Escorragada, exangue

Barbaramente civilizaste na demagogia da tua grei

Brutalmente colonizaste na ambição da tua grandeza

Na ponta da tua baioneta

Assinalaste o rasto da tua passagem

Na ponta da minha baioneta

Marcarei na história a forma da minha

Libertação

João Aparício: “…….Timor, ó Terra minha,/És o meu nome!”

Laiha informasaun barak atu deskreve kona-ba poeta foin sa’e oan ida-ne’e. Haktuir ba situs-web Editora Caminho nian katak “João Aparício ne’e nu’udar poeta ida ne’ebé sai refujiadu iha Portugál. [21] Iha tinan 1999 nia hala’o knaar hanesan aprezentadór ida ba Rádio Renanscença, Lisboa iha programa Timor, Sol Nascente, ne’ebé fó sai diariamente iha Timor-Leste. Nia públika tiha ona obra poétika iha livru ho títulu Versos Oprimidos ne’ebé nia uza naran pseudónimu Kay Shalay Rakmabean iha tinan 1995. Hafoin tiha iha tinan 1999, nia públika livru poezia ho títulu A Janela de Timor, no iha tinan 2000 nia publika tan livru poezia ida ho títulu Uma Casa e Duas Vacas.

Poema sira balu ne’ebé foti atu diskuti no analiza iha ensaiu ida-ne’e mai hosi livru A Janela de Timor. Lansamentu ba livru ne’e hala’o iha Lisboa, iha fulan-Abril, tinan 1999. Iha parte nia diskursu ba lansamentu ne’e, João Aparício afirma nia vizaun poétika hanesan tuirmai, “O sofrimento do Povo de Timor foi e continua a ser o alicerce da minha poesia. Não vivi em mim mesmo. Vivi a vida e alma dos meus irmãos
timorenses. Fui obrigado a reflectir mais cedo sobre o mundo e sobre o drama
da minha Pátria. Aquilo que escrevi é o que maioria do Povo de Timor pensa
e sente, desde que a tragédia se abateu sobre nos. É a sumula da
consciência de um Povo que está presente: a consciência do Povo de Timor. É pensar de modo novo o que foi dito e vivido pelos meus antepassados e pelas gerações de actualidade."[22]

João Aparicio nia afirmasaun ne’ebé dekreve iha leten ne’e han malu loloos ho saida maka poeta Libanéz, Kahlil Gibran hatete kona-ba esensia poeta nian katak, “The poet is the mediator between the creative power and people”[23] Hanesan poeta, João Aparício prenxe kritéria atu sai portavós ba nia povu nia moris, ne’ebé nakonu ho midar no moruk.

Poeta sira iha ne’ebé de’it kuaze iha karakterístiku hanesan. Siha iha domin boot ba sira-nia hun no abut moris nian. Hanesan raan Timor-Leste nian ida, João Aparício fó valór boot tebes ba nia rain doben, Timor-Leste nia ezisténsia. Nia apresia tebetebes panorama foho boot tolu: Ramelau, Matebian no Kabalaki nian, ne’ebé Timor-Leste iha. Kona-ba ida-ne’e, nia haktuir iha poema Meu Nome tuirmai:

Meu Nome [24]

"Timor,
Imagem viva de Ramelau, Cablaqui e Matebian,
Tres almas gemeas, imortais e sagradas,
Loucas no combate e mansas no amor.

Timor, o Terra minha,
E's o meu nome! "

João Aparício haree Timor-Leste hanesan nia bersu moris nian, ne’ebé nia sempre hadomi. Timor-Leste hanesan nia klamar, hanesan Timoroan sira-nia klamar. Poema Timor-Leste deskreve sentimentu ida-ne’e:

Timor-Leste[25]

És o meu berço natal,

Onde p’ra sempre Te amarei,

E onde sempre Te Espero!

Jamais voltarei a perder-Te..

P’ra que continues a ser

Alma minha, terra úbere.

Ahi-oan Timor-Leste nia luta ba ukun rasik kuaze atu mate mohu ona molok massakre Santa Cruz akontese, ne’ebé fanun mundu tomak nia konsiensia katak iha Timor-Leste iha buat ruma la’o la loos. Loron rua tiha hafoin massakre ne’e akontese, João Aparicio foti nia kaneta no buka atu hato’o nia sentimentu, no buka atu hato’o korajen ba povu Timor-Leste nian maka tama iha momentu lutu nasionál nia laran. Ho poema Timor-Pedra-de-Toque nia enkoraja nia maluk sira:

TIMOR—PEDRA-DE-TOQUE [26]

Timor,

Pátria da ha’u-inan e dos aswain,

Está as escrever a Sua História

Com letras de sangue e de lágrimas,

Está a construir o Seu futuro

Com os cadáveres dos Seus filhos.

……

Timor,

Pátria de Xanana e dos jovens de Santa Cruz,

Continuará a bater os portões do mundo

Com a Sua mão cansada e ensanguentada;

Continuará a gritar para Portugal

Com a Sua voz de irmãos de séculos.

…………”

Xanana Gusmão ho nia karakterístiku revolusionáriu, ne’ebé Timoroan barak tuir nia hanesan sira-nia matan-dalan iha luta ba libertasaun nasionál inspira João Aparicio atu fó sai nia hanoin iha poema Xanana –Mito tuirmai:

XANANA-MITO[27]

És o oan-mane-kmanek de todas as mães,

O maun Boot X dos nossos jovens,

O áman das crianças de Timor…

És a uma lulik dos velhos,

O lia-na’in dos sábios..

És o mito do povo de Timor-Leste.

…….”

Rezisténsia Timor-Leste nian tama fali iha faze nakadoko bainhira Xanana Gusmão tropa sira Indonézia nian kaer iha Dili iha loron 20, fulan-Novembru, tinan 1992. Timoroan sira laran taridu, laran susar, laran tanis tebes, konserteza. João Aparício hamrik filafali ho nia kaneta, dezafia Timor-Leste nia funu-maluk sira hodi dehan iha poema Xanana tuirmai,

XANANA [28]

Caíste nas mãos do inimigo;

Em angústia e luto está

O coração do teu povo amado…

Quem te traiu, meu irmão?

Que te traiu?

…….

…..

Toda a ilha chora…

Todos os homens de boa vontade choram..

Até os túmulos dos heróis choram por ti…”

Relevansia Obra Poétika sira Iha Kontestu Timor-Leste nian iha Loron-Ohin no Loron- Aban

Timor-Leste oras ne’e moris iha ukun nia laran. Desde 20 Maiu, tinan 2002 Timor-Leste restaura hikas nia indepéndénsia. Timor-Leste tama ona iha komunidade internasionál nia leet hanesan nasaun livre, independente no soberanu. Hanesan mós ho nasaun sira seluk, Timor-Leste iha nia pasadu ne’ebé nia hakat liutiha ona, iha prezente maka oras ne’e la’o daudaun ho intensidade, no iha nia futuru maka sei mehi atu alkansa.

Atividade dezenvolvimentu nian hala’o iha aspetu hotu-hotu. Pergunta ida maka mosu: oinsá relevansia obra literária poeta Timoroan sira-nian iha aspetu dezenvolvimentu kulturál iha oras ne’e, no iha aban bain rua?

Obra poeta na’in tolu: Fernando Sylvan, Francisco Borja da Costa no João Aparício nian, sein dúvida iha knaar boot atu hamoris nafatin valór sosiál, polítika, no kulturál ne’ebé sira fiar ba Timor-Leste nia vida-moris hanesan nasaun soberanu ida iha mundu rai klaran.

Hanesan indivíduu ida, Fernando Sylvan mehi atu harii buat foun. Nia hakarak hadomi ema, idea no sasan sira. Nia iha serteza ba pás iha futuru. Mehi ida-ne’e bele partilla mós hosi nia maluk Timoroan sira, ne’ebé halo parte hanesan sidadaun sira mundu nian. Iha liña poema ida maka lahó títulu, nia hananu:

“…… Quero só ajudar a propor a outra vida/Quero só ser mais um a fazer novo mundo.

Tenho de amar pessoas e coisas e ideias.

Tenho de ter certezas na paz do futuro.”[29]

Labarik sira nu’udar futuru nasaun nian ne’ebé sei kontinua luta foun ida mundu modernu nian kontra buat sira maka hanesan: kiak, hamlaha, analfabetizmu, n.s.t.. Nia husu ba labarik sira atu hadeer ona:

Acorda [30]

Meu filho

Acorda..

Não podes

Dormir sonhar:

Guerrilheiro tens de ser

Que o povo

Tem de lutar!

Valór unidade nu’udar valór klasiku ne’ebé sei kontinua relevante iha prosesu harii nasaun. Lia fuan cliché dehan, “A união faz a força” kontinua sai matan-dalan ida-ne’ebé bele konsolida vida nasaun nian. Unidade nasionál Timor-Leste nian maka metin sei lori Timor-Leste atu alkansa estabilidade iha oras ne’e no aban bairua. Borja da Costa, dezde tinan 1974, halo tiha ona apelu ba Timoroan sira atu hamutuk. Poema Kdadalak espresa nia vizaun poétiku:

Kdadalak [31]

Kdadalak suli mutuk fila ué inan

Ué inan tan malu sá ben ta’han

Nanu’u timur oan sei hamutuk

Hamutuk atu tahan anin sut taci

………

KDADALAK SULI MUTUK FILA UÉ INAN

TIMUR OAN HAMUTUK TANE ITA RAIN

Iha mundu ohin loron, tenke halakon opresaun iha forma oioin. Iha Timor-Leste ne’ebé livre no independente, tenke iha mudansa mentalidade ba nia ema sira. Poema Povu Maubere Sei La Sai Atan ba Ema Ida kontinua fó hanoin Timoroan sira kona-ba buat sira-ne’e:

“…..

Ita tenke hamosu

Moris foun ida

Atu haluha tiha

Katak povu ne’e sei sai atan

….

Ita tenke hamosu

Ema foun ida

Husi rai ne’ebé ita hamrik ba ne’e

Ita tenke harahun

Tauk no todan

Opresaun koloniál”[32]

Hanesan mós Fernando Sylvan hananu iha nia poema Manifesto Povo Maubere, atu marka identidade kulturál Timoroan sira-nia rasik, Borja da Costa mós hakarak Timoroan labele tan sai atan ba ema ida iha oras-ne’e, bainhira sira goza namanas sira-nia ukun-an:

ITA TENKE HAKILAR HO LIAN MAKAS TEBES [33]

KATAK POVU TIMOR

POVU MAUBERE

LA SAI ATAN

BA EMA IDA

Funu-na’in sira-nia luta iha pasadu atu ukun rasik an la saugati. Sira-nia rezultadu luta nian maka ohin loron Timoroan sira hetan ona liberdade, maka sira hein iha tinan barak.

Nu’udar nasaun ida, nudar povu, Timoroan sira labele haluha sira-nia aswain sira. Borja da Costa fó hanoin Timoroan sira atu hamutuk ho nia iha “Um Minuto de Silêncio” hanoin hikas aswain sira-nia knaar:

“….Hakmatek ba,[34]

Imi-nia hakmatek, ita-nia hakmatek

BA MINUTU IDA

Oras atu hakmatek

Ba hakmatek tempu nian

Ba moris nian

Ba ema hirak be saran an

BA RAIN

BA NASAUN

BA POVU

ITA-NIA LIBERTASAUN

HAKMATE BA-MINUTU IDA ATU HAKMATEK

Dezde tinan 1976, João Aparício hakarak mós konvida maluk Timoroan sira, bainhira moris ona iha ukun-an nia laran, atu simplesmente moris ho hakmatek, lakohi iha funu, no hakarak kabun bosu:

MINHA PAZ [35]

Sou rouxinhol do Oriente,

Alma de rosas…

Não querro guerra

Porque me rouba a paz

Quero mais arroz

E uma simples guitarra

LIAFUAN IKUS

Hanesan mós povu iha rai ne’ebé de’it atu bele sobrevive iha aspetu hotu-hotu, ema Timoroan sira tenke, hamutuk ho nia poeta sira, halo beibeik reflesaun: hateke ba pasadu hanesan lisaun boot atu aprende, moris iha prezente ho fuan no laran tomak, no hein atu hakoak loron-aban ho laran ksolok no kmanek. Atu reforsa kompromisu ida-ne’e, Kahlil Gibran hakerek tiha ona katak, “But if in your thought you must measure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons, and let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.”[36]

Referénsia:

APARICÍCO, João—A Janela de Timor, Editorial Caminho, Lisboa, 1999

BREYTENBACH, Breyten --End Papers, McGraw-Hill, 1987

CAMÕES--- Revista de Letras e Culturas Lusófonas, Julho-Setembro, 2001

EVANS, Boddy Alistair-- Internet (About.Com), “Biography: Antonio Agostinho Neto

FERRIS, Anthony—Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran, New York, 1962

INSTITUISAUN SAHE BA LIBERTASAUN--Poezia Borja da Costa iha Luta

Hasoru Kolonializmu, Dili, 2005

GIBRAN, Kahlil – The Greatest Works, Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai, 2003

JOLLIFE, Jill—EAST TIMOR Nationalism & Colonialism, Queensland, 1978

SYLVAN, Fernando—A Voz Fagueira de Oan Timor, Colibri, Lisboa, 1993

[1] Haree ‘definisaun’ “Poezia”, End Papers, Breyten Breytenbach, 1987, pájina 156

[2] Haree artigu “Biography: Antonio Agostinho Neto”, hosi Alistair Boddy Evans; Internet (About.Com)

[3] Haree Wikipédia; Fernando Sylvan

[4] Haree poema “Mensagem do Terceiro Mundo”, A Voz Fagueira de Oan Tímor, 1993, pájina 25

[5] Haree poema “Timor-Leste”, Ibid, pájina 70

[6] Haree poema, “Funu”, Ibid, pájina 131

[7] Haree poema, “Manifesto Maubere”, Ibid, pájina 71

[8] Haree poema “Vozes Mauberes”, Ibid, pájina 74

[9] Haree poema “Poema a Xanana Gusmão”, Ibid, pájina 131

[10] Haree poema “Pedem-me um minuto.../Respondo.... nem por um minuto me calarei”, Ibid, pájina 132

[11] Haree “Poezia Borja da Costa Iha Luta Hasoru Kolonializmu”, Institutu Sahe ba Libertasaun, 2005,

pájina 9

[12] Ibid, pájina 9

[13] Haree Camões, Revista de Letras e Culturas Lusófonas, Julho-Setembro, 2001.

[14] Haree filafali Institutu Sahe ba Libertasaun, pájina 10

[15] Ibid, pájina 10

[16] Haree Jill Jolliffe, East Timor: Nationalism & Colonialism”, Queensland, 1978, pájina 5

[17] Haree filafali Institutu Sahe ba Libertasaun, pájina 10

18 Ibid, pájina 16

[18]

[19] Ibid, pájina 26.

[20] Ibid, pájina 18

[21] Haree situs-web Editora Caminho, Autores: João Aparicio

[22] Haree Diskursu Lansamentu hosi João Aparicio ba livru A Janela de Timor, Abril 1999

[23] Haree Spritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran, Editor: Anthony Ferris, New York, 1962, pájina 51

[24] Haree livru poezia, A Janela de Timor, João Aparicio, Lisboa, 2000, pájina 92

[25] Ibid, pájina 52

[26] Ibid, pájina 56

[27] Ibid, pájina 51

[28] Ibid, pájina 70

[29] Haree filafali A Voz Fagueira de Oan Timor, pájina 77.

[30] Ibid, pájina 68.

[31] Haree filafali Institutu Sahe ba Libertasaun, pájina 23.

[32] Ibid, pájina 18

[33] Ibid, pájina 19

[34] Ibid, pájina 24

[35] Ibid, pájina 19

[36] Haree The Greatest Works of Kahlil Gibran, Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai, 2003, pájina 74

Printing progress - Hau Maka Lucas

2009-09-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

We are slowly making our way towards publication of the first winner of the first Istoria Timor writing competition. If I am right (and I think I am) Maun Teo can publish this himself on commercial terms and can make a tidy little profit on the venture; not a huge one, but enough of one to make it worth his while.

At the moment we are looking at selling the books for a wholesale price of $1.50 per book with a minimum purchase of 100 books and a recommended retail price of $2.00. We figure that if we can convince different organisations to pre-order, in aggregate, 2,000 copies of the book then we can go to print.

Once we have these committments, we will be looking for a local bank to provide a working capital loan to fund the printing. Of course, I could provide the loan, but the more comfortable that we can make local financial institutions with this sort of risk, the easier future publishers will have it.

Now, I said that this would be done on commercial terms. Of course, the most likely institution to purchase a large number of the books is the government. Following that, it would be the NGOs with literacy programs. Following that, quite a ways down the projected purchasers will be private enterprises that sell books. In the rest of the world, that doesn't look much like a project run on "commercial terms", but I figure that - considering what a big part of the economy government and development spending is - this is as close as we're going to get in Timor-Leste in the short-term. Also, given how poor the private sector supply chains are out to the districts, government and NGO supply chains are the only way that we will be able to get books to those who need them most. There are over 400 junior and senior high-schools in the country, if we can convince the government to purchase five books per school (at a total cost of around $3,000), then we're in business.

Government and NGOs aside, it will be very interesting to see how willing local booksellers will be to take a punt on this. I suspect that Teo will find it pretty hard to find shops outside Dili or Baucau that will be willing to drop $150 on a package of 100 Tetum novels, but I've been pleasantly surprised many times throughout this project...

Teo Ximenes wins first Istoria Timor fiction writing competition

2009-08-05T22:38:00.000-07:00

The first ever Istoria Timor Award Ceremony was held on the afternoon of Saturday, August 1, 2009. The event was hosted by John Holdaway and Abe Barreto at sunset in the beautiful beachfront Memorial da Paz and was attended by around 80 people.

In addition to the presentation of the awards to the authors, the afternoon was a celebration of Timorese arts and featured a theatrical performance by Klibur Artista no Muzika Timor-Leste (KAM-TL), poetry readings by Naldo Rei, Sandra Tilman, Osme and Mena Reis, and music from Mely and Abe Barreto.

The judges repeatedly commented on the high quality of entries and spoke at length about the difficulties in choosing between the top two contenders: Ha'u Maka Lucas by Teo Ximenes and Tinan Ikus iha Kolegio by Marci Fernandes. At the end of the day, however, the judges settled on Ha'u Maka Lucas - a coming of age story that takes place through and deals with some of the most violent periods of Timor-Leste's recent history - as the winner of the competition and the US$500 prize money. An additional US$800 in prize money was handed out to the runners up.

Project organisers were also very pleased to announce that funding has been secured from Timor Aid for the competition next year. Furthermore, the Alola Foundation has committed to provide additional funding for the Alola Prize, for the best female entry in the Istoria Timor competition starting in 2010.

Yet, the work of Istoria Timor in 2009 is far from over. Authors and project volunteers are still in talks with a range of local NGOs to secure funding and project management resources to print and distribute copies of a selection of the entries to schools and libraries all over the country. The hope is that funding can be secured for this and editing and layout can begin before December.

Istoria Timor Inaugurual Competition Results

2009-08-02T17:26:00.000-07:00

Winners:

Ha'u Maka Lucas - Teodozio Batista Ximenes

Tinan Ikus Iha Kolegio - Marciano da C. Fernandes

Tuku 11 - Irim Tolentino

Tinta Nurak - Edmundo Corbafo

Loron Abang Nakonu ho Esperansa by Atanasio Maria Pinto

Matan Ben ho Esperansa - Betty Reis

Runners up (in no particular order):

Atauro by Amelino Fernandes

Subar Domin Sai Realidade - Maria Madalena

Harohan Ida hose Matebian Sira - Fransisco Pinto Amaral

Lalaok Domin - Flash C. Guterres (Preman 69)

A proper write-up of the event last Saturday will follow.

Invitation: Istoria Timor Award Ceremony - Memorial da Paz, Lecidere. Saturday, August 1, 16:30

2009-07-29T01:29:00.000-07:00

Friends,

You are all invited to the Award Ceremony for the inaugural Istoria Timor Writing Competition.

The Istoria Timor project received 10 entries during the competition run in 2008-2009. The novellas, each between 10,000 and 20,000 words, are from a range of genres and were Timorese men and women of all backgrounds and ages. These novellas represent (as far as we are aware) the first long-form, written fiction ever to be widely disseminated in Timor-Leste's indigenous national language: Tetum.

There is $1,300 in prize money to be awarded.

The afternoon will include a theatrical performance by Klibur Artista Teatru no Muzika Timor-Leste, poetry readings by Abe Baretto, Sandra Tilman and Naldo Rei and music from Melchior Dias Fernandes (Mely).

The ceremony will be held at Memorial da Paz, Lecidere (in front of the Bishop's house) from 16:30 to 18:00 on Saturday, August 1, 2009.

Please come and forward this to any and all who may be interested.

John
Istoria Timor

Seeking staff for Timor-Leste's first major soap opera...

2009-07-06T18:09:00.000-07:00

English

IOM is making an ambitious 20-episode soap opera for Timor-Leste, with the intention both to 1) entertain and 2) generate reflection about community conflict following the 2006 crisis. Soap operas have been used with great success around the world for spreading information, and now Timor Leste will have it's own!

As such we are looking to fill the following positions for our Production Unit. We are looking for creative, technical and administrative roles, with preference (but not limited to) Timorese nationals. The roles are as follows, with much more detail in the attached job descriptions:

Television Director

Production Manager

Writer/s

Assistant Director

Television Editor

Camera Operator

Second Camera Operator/Gaffer

Sound Recordist/Continuity

Art Director

Production & Outreach Assistant/s

If you have any ideas for people that might suit these roles, please have them submit their CVs to telenovela@iom.int with the subject line "Telenovela – (Position)" or left for Toby Gibson at the IOM office in Palopaso, Farol before June 25th, 2009. Feel free to forward this message onwards.

Thanks for your time,

Toby Gibson
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Dili, Timor-Leste

Tetum

IOM daudaun ne’e halo hela telenovela ambisioza ida ho epizodiu hamutuk 20. Telenovela ne’e halo ho hanoin rua, maka hanesan: 1) atu fó haksolok, 2) atu hamosu reflesaun ida kona-ba konflitu iha komunidade laran tan krize 2006. Durante ne’e telenovela ema uza iha mundu rai-klaran nu’udar dalan suksesu makaas ida ba halekar informasaun, no loron ohin rai Timór sei iha rasik ninian!

Ne’e-duni, ami daudaun ne’e buka hela ema atu hakonu ami-nia Unidade Produsaun ba pozisaun hirak tuirmai. Ami buka daudaun ema ne’ebé bele hala’o knaar sira be kreativu, tékniku no administrativu liu-liu ba ema Timór-oan, maibé ema rai seluk mós bele aplika. Pozisaun sira ne’e maka hanesan tuirmai (informasaun klean liután bele haree iha Deskrisaun Knaar sira nian nu’udar aneksu):

Diretór Televizaun (Sutradara)

Xefe Produsaun

Hakerek-na’in (Eskritór/Penulis)

Diretór Asistente (Sutradara Asisten)

Editór Televizaun

Operadór Kámera

Operadór Kámera Segundu/Gaffer

Rekordista Lian/Kontinuidade

Diretór Arte (Sutradara Seni)

Asistente Produsaun & Sensibilizasaun

Se imi hatene ema ruma karik ne’ebé serve ba pozisaun hirak-ne’e, favór haruka sira e-mail sira-nia CV ba telenovela@iom.int ho títulu “Telenovela – (Pozisaun)” ka lori de’it ba Toby Gibson iha eskritóriu IOM, Palapaso - Dili molok loron-20 fulan-Juñu 2009. Halo favór boot ida hatutan informasaun ne’e ba ema seluk.

Obrigadu ba imi-nia tempu,

Toby Gibson
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Dili, Timor-Leste

Writer

#003
Grade: GU
Type of Appointment: 12 months, 100%
Estimated Starting Date: June 2009

General Functions

Working closely with the IOM Telenovela Producer and the Director, and in collaboration with a team of Actors, the selected candidate will work towards the production and broadcast of an educational soap opera that will air for one year on television and radio. The educational soap opera will provide a medium of entertainment through which serious issues relevant to national stability can be presented and addressed. Within the post-conflict environment in Timor-Leste, these issues can range from questions of regionalism, the experience of displacement, political partisanship, and the role of youth in society.

Under the supervision of the IOM Telenovela Producer and Director, the selected candidate will be responsible for:

Writing the scripts for a 20-espisode Timorese soap opera

Creating vivid characters and dramatic stories that address the two goals of entertainment and education

Writing original story scenarios for focus-group testing

Work with other writers to form a cohesive team

Working with key Actors to 'workshop' and develop characters and story

Managing extended, complex stories using multiple characters

Manage the incorporation of differing themes into dramatic material

Assisting with other aspects of the production where necessary

Desirable Qualifications

(Education, Experience, and Competencies)

a) University degree, diploma or equivalent experience in creative writing or scriptwriting for film or television; b) knowledge of the film-making process; c) demonstrated capacity to create scenarios and dialogue that accurately reflect the fabric of Timorese life; d) thorough knowledge of the Timorese urban environment is highly desired e) Timorese candidates will be preferred.

Excellent communication, writing and imaginative skills. Must be resourceful, creative, efficient and decisive. Ability to effectively multitask and work within a team in order to achieve the designed goals. Ability to find creative solutions to a range of difficulties that can be encounter within a complex and challenging production.

Languages: Fluency in Tetum. Proficiency in English or Bahasa Indonesia a strong asset.

Hakerek-na’in ka eskritór

#003
Grau: GU
Tipu Nomeasaun: Kontratu special all inclusive contract
Estimasaun Data Hahú: Juñu 2009
Durasaun: Fulan tolu ho posibilidade hanaruk

Funsaun sira Jerál

Kandidatu be liu sei servisu hamutuk ho Produtór no Diretór Telenovela IOM nian no kolabora ho ekipa Atór sira, sei servisu to’o prosesu produsaun novela edukativu ida hodi ikus fó sai iha televizaun no rádiu durante tinan ida nia laran. Telenovela edukativu ida-ne’e sei sai hanesan meius fó ksolok ida ne’ebé liuhosi meius ne’e maka ita bele aprezenta no responde kestaun sériu relevante kona-ba estabilidade rai-laran nian. Ba situasaun pós-konflitu hanesan Timór, kestaun hirak-ne’e bele kona-ba rejionalismu, esperiénsia moris hanesan dezlokadu, partidarismu polítika, no mós knaar foin-sa’e nian iha nia sosiedade. Sei iha períodu probatóriu fulan rua.

Ho Produtór no Diretór Telenovela IOM nia supervizaun, kandidatu be liu sei responsabiliza ba:

Hakerek istória ka manuskritu (naskah) sira filme nian ba telenovela ida ho epizodiu 20

Kria karakter sira be moris no istória sira drámatika ne’ebé responde ba objetivu rua dala ida katak fó haksolok no edukasaun.

Hakerek senáriu istória (skenario cerita) nian ne’ebé orijinál para halo prova ba grupu foku

Servisu ho hakerek-na’in ka eskritór siraseluk atu forma ekipa ida be koesiva ka kompak

Servisu ho Atór sira prinsipál atu ‘aprezenta’ no dezenvolve karakter sira no istória

Jere istória sira naruk no kompleksu ne’ebé uza karaktér sira barak

Jere enkorporasaun tema sira diferente ba iha matéria drama nia laran

Tulun ho aspetu siraseluk produsaun nian bainhira presiza

Kualifikasaun ne’ebé Buka liu

(Edukasaun, Esperiénsia, no Kompeténsia)

a) Lisensiatura, diploma ka esperiénsia ekivalente iha hakerek kreativu ka hakerek istória ba filme ka televizaun; b) hatene kona-ba prosesu halo filme; c) hatudu kapasidade atu kria senáriu no diálogu ne’ebé ho loloos reflete Timór-oan sira nia moris; d) hatene klean situasaun moris Timór-oan nian iha sidade e) kandidatu sira Timór-oan maka ami buka liu.

Iha abilidade komunikasaun, hakerek no imajinativa. Tenke ideia barak, kreativu, efisiente no desisivu. Iha abilidade ba hala’o knaar barak ho efetivu no servisu iha ekipa ida atubele atinje objetivu sira be hatuur ona. Abilidade atu buka solusaun sira kreativu ba problema oin-oin ne’ebé hasoru iha produsaun ida be kompleksu no nakonu ho dezafiu.

Lingua: Hatene ko’alia no kompriende moos Tetun. Hatene lian Inglés ka Indonézia hanesan buat di’ak mós.

Australia East Timor Friendship School Project

2009-07-05T21:41:00.000-07:00

In response to the concept note I sent out a few weeks ago, I received an email from Jan Hayes of the Australia East Timor Friendship School Project (FSP) saying that we should apply for funds.

A little more information on FSP follows:

Dear Supporter,
The Australia East Timor Friendship School Project (FSP) was established in Australia in 2003 to create mutual learning opportunities for primary and secondary school communities in Australia and schools in Timor-Leste. Through these activities the project aimed to build generations of international friendship by creating lasting connections and understanding between the students from both countries. Close to 100 Australian schools have taken part in the project, many partnered to a school in Timor-Leste.
For reasons that have been advised previously, we have regrettably come to the conclusion that, due to ongoing difficulties with program delivery in Timor, it is appropriate to wind up AETFSP Ltd activities in Australia. This means that the co-ordination role played by staff in our office at AEU has been discontinued. We know that some schools will continue their relationships with partner schools in Timor-Leste via their local Friendship Group. We are confident that relationships between schools, communities, teachers and students in Australia and Timor-Leste will continue, but in a different form.
Australia East Timor Friendship School Project Ltd currently holds approximately A$40,000, which we intend to distribute as part of the process of winding up the organisation. This document invites groups and organisations working in Timor-Leste to apply for access to this pool for one-off funding for education-related projects.
Details of criteria and the application process are contained in the attached document. Feel free to distribute it to others you feel may be interested in applying.
As you may be aware, the project also generated and distributed a range of curriculum materials and resources. Most of this material is available on line either from the Alola Foundation (see http://www.alolafoundation.org/fsi.php) or the Asia Education Foundation (see http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/public_html/online_resources.htm). There are a few hard-copy resources (books, DVDs etc) in the office. We will be going through those in the next few weeks so if you are interested in taking these types of resources for your future school activities, please let me know.
Thanks for your interest and involvement in the project.
Yours sincerely,
Jan Hayes
Chair
Australia East Timor Friendship School Project Ltd

I'm still looking for an organisation to take over the project for when we leave Timor-Leste in December, but I would happily assist any such organisation in applying for funds through FSP.

Potential assistance from the Australian government

2009-06-24T17:31:00.000-07:00

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) administers a program of small grants known as the Direct Aid Program (DAP) that offers grants, typically between $3000 and $10,000 to individuals, community groups and NGOs engaged in development activities, in designated countries, on a not-for-profit basis.

I have heard, informally, from people within the Australian embassy that Istoria Timor is exactly the sort of thing that they look for to fund. As I have said before, my preference is that we can find an organisation with a local office to take over the project from now. While I will not apply for the DAP grant myself, I am certainly happy to help, say, a local NGO apply for funds to take this project to completion.

If anyone is interested, the project is ready to go and there's money out there for it.

Funding

2009-06-23T01:59:00.000-07:00

We are ready to present the prizes today (well, as of last week actually), but we chose to schedule the event in August to give me a little time to do some more fundraising.

We hope that we can secure in-principle funding of approximately US$10,000 before the event is to be held. We have some interest from some local organisations and some leads so we'll see how we go.

If you would like to know more about the project and the funding needs for the printing, etc. please see our concept note.

We have a winner

2009-06-13T23:31:00.000-07:00

Today the judges met and after lengthy and, at times, heated discussions, Istoria Timor is very, very proud to announce that a winner has been selected.

But, we're not quite ready to announce who that is yet. We will hold an event to announce the winners and hand over the prizes in the near future. Right now this event is tentatively targeted for the afternoon of Saturday August 1, 2009.

In the spirit of volunteerism that is vital to our project (no one, except for the writers, has drawn or will draw a salary from this project up until the editing process begins) we are hoping to find a free venue that has room for whoever wants to turn up. Any tips on locations or offers of help would be very welcome.

In the meantime, I will be working on a funding proposal to try to find someone to print this for us. The short version is that we're looking for an organisation to take over the project from here and print a few of the stories. The indicative budget including editing, printing and royalty payments for 5000 books should be somewhere in the neighbourhood of US$10,000.

The final judging panel consisted of the following people:

Sr. Abe Barreto Soares

Sra. Alexandra de Araujo Tilman

Sr. Livio da Costa

Sra. Jenny Maria Fatima da Costa Sarmento

Sra. Jonia do Rosario Leite Soares

Sr. Naldo Rei

Finalists

2009-03-15T06:30:00.000-07:00

As previously published, the first Istoria Timor writing competition has now closed and we have received 10 entries. The entries received are as follows:

Atauro by Amelino "Ano" Fernandes

Loron Abang Nakonu ho Esperansa by Atanasio Maria Pinto

Matan Ben ho Esperansa - Betty Reis

Tinta Nurak - Edmundo "Cono" Corbafo

Lalaok Domin - Flash C. Guterres (Preman 69)

Tuku 11 - Irim Tolentino

Subar Domin Sai Realidade - Maria "Lena" Madalena

Tinan Ikus Iha Kolegio - Marciano da C. Fernandes

Harohan Ida hose Matebian Sira - Fransisco Pinto Amaral

Ha'u Maka Lucas - Teodozio "Teo" Batista Ximenes

Judges will be selected over the coming weeks and we expect to announce the winners by the end of May 2009.

Judging

2009-03-15T06:14:00.000-07:00

We had our coordination meeting last Saturday at Motion in Mercado Lama, the main aim of which was to decide a fair and transparent way to coordinate the judging process.

We were joined by most of the writers, some of their friends, and Maun Abe - a well respected Timorese poet and active member of the artistic community.

I was very keen to ensure that we draw judges from as many walks of life as possible and had come up with all sorts of complicated methods to ensure the balance of men and women, young and old, literary types and non-literary types, and so on. After over an hour of discussing the pros and cons of the different methods, one of the writers interrupted and said "look... We trust you and Maun Abe. How about the two of you get together and work it out yourselves?" Everyone agreed, so that's what we're doing. As most of the judges will be from Maun Abe's and my (considerably smaller) social circle of literary types, this does make it a little less democratic and will make it difficult to get participation from out in the foho. That said, it will be a lot simpler and quicker. Also, Maun Abe and I are very conscious of these limitations, and we think that, with care, we can select a good, balanced panel that will help us pick a winner.

I was in Indonesia for most of last week so we didn't get a chance to meet again yet, but we hope to start contacting people and asking them if they would be willing to be judges this week.

We have taken nominations from the writers and have a few ideas ourselves, but if there are any readers out there have any suggestions or feel qualified themselves then let us know.

Competition closed

2009-03-02T05:05:00.000-08:00

The Istoria Timor competition is now closed!

We have received 10 entries and official judging will commence shortly. We're having a coordination meeting this Saturday to work out how the judging is going to work and
generally discuss the project.

The way I hope to judge the project is by putting out a call for judges among the universities and high schools. They will submit a form with their name, age, gender, contact details and 100 words on why they should be a judge. The writers will then pick 10-20 to read all of the stories. We'll give them a month or so to read all of the entries and then take their judgments as final. Of course, these are all my ideas, I'm going to put them to the writers and see what they think.

As Shelley and I are leaving Timor in December, I want this project to be as sustainable as possible. So I'm in no particular hurry to decide on a winner. I want to create a community of writers that could potentially run this competition next year, so I'm going to take it slow and try to get as much of this done by the authors themselves. Conservatively, we should have a winner by late May/early June.

I'll then shop the winner (and possibly the runner up) around to all of the local NGOs to see if we can find someone to print it. The quote we have from a local printing company is that it was cost around $8000 to edit, and then print 5000 copies of the book including layout.

Exciting times.

More media

2009-02-16T17:46:00.000-08:00

Darwin-based journalist Stephanie March filed this report that showed an interview with me and Livio, one of our authors.

Check it out here.

Buku-buku Indonesia untuk Timor Leste

2009-02-10T22:02:00.000-08:00

Salah satu hal yang membuat saya mulai berpikir tentang kompetisi Istoria Timor ini adalah keterbatasan buku-buku fiksi yang dapat dibeli ataupun dipinjam oleh remaja Timor-Leste. Walaupun Bahasa Indonesia tidak merupakan sebuah bahasa nasional untuk Timor Leste, ratusan ribu orang masih menggunakan bahasa Indonesia untuk keperluan sehari-hari dan masih suka mengkonsumsi media Indonesia (mentang-mentang media dari tanahnya sendiri sedang diancam).

Buku-buku yang disediakan untuk masyarakat Timor Leste di perpustakaan umum biasanya hanya buku-buku sumbangan dari SD dan SMA di Australia atau Portugal, yaitu dalam bahasa Inggris atau Portugis yang tidak dikenal sebagian besar Timor oan. Oleh karena itu saya, sama pacarku, suka meminjam buku-buku Indonesia yang kami punya kepada teman-teman yang niat disini.

Memang, buku ini hanya akan digunakan untuk sementara, sebelum masyarakat Timor Leste mulai menguasai bahasa Portuguis atau industri penerbitan buku dalam bahasa Tetum sudah matang. Tapi lumayanlah, ini masih akan makan waktu sedikit-dikitnya 20-40 tahun. Daripada bengong atau gabung dengan gang-gang bandel, mendingan baca lah...

Mana Okke Sepatumerah, seorang penulis yang berasal dari Bandung yang pernah bekerja di Timor Leste dan Nusa Tenggara Timor tertarik juga dengan proyek kami ini. Sebagai tambahan untuk Istoria Timor, Mana Okke menciptakan sebuah inisiatif untuk mengumpulkan buku-buku fiksi, how-to/ketrampilan, self-help dan lainnya di Indonesia untuk mengirim ke Timor Leste. Informasi lebih lanjut ada disini.

Buku-bukunya akan dikumpulkan terus dikirim ke rumah orang tua saya di Jakarta. Saya akan ke Jakarta pada bulan April, jadi saya bisa jemput dan bawa buku-buku itu ke Dili untuk masyarakat Timor yang ingin membacanya.

Jika anda mempunyai organisasi yang bisa menyebarluaskan buku-buku ini kepada para calon-pembaca di Timor Leste, silahkan hubungi saya lewat Comment dibawah atau lewat email di johnholdaway(at)gmail(dot)com.

PS - Jangan lupa mengucapkan Terima Kasih kepada para donatur dan Mana Okke!

Istoria ba kompetisaun simu ona

2009-01-20T18:45:00.000-08:00

We have begun to receive entries for the competition. So far we have received four via email, one hard copy and have been promised another two hard copies in the coming days.

I hope to post another profile of a writer soon, but in the meantime, if you would like to be kept up to date on the progress of the project, read the submitted stories and provide constructive criticism, then please join our Istoria Timor mailing list.

Writer profile: Almerio

2008-10-22T17:36:00.000-07:00

Merio was one of the first people to contact me to find out more about the project, but we didn't get a chance to meet until today due to his busy schedule working as a journalist and trainer at TLMDC, the Timor Leste Media Development Centre.

After growing up mainly in East Timor, in the late 90s Merio decided to head to Universitas Cendrawasih in Jayapura, West Papua to study philosophy. Much like in philosophy courses back home, they start with the Greeks and move on from there. Merio quickly realised that Eastern philosophy was his thing and, inspired by the violent revolution in Jakarta in 1998 and back home in 1999, he devoured everything written by Mahatma Gandhi, especially the principles of Ahimsa (non-violence) and Satyagraha (truth). He eventually wrote his thesis on the applicability of non-violent struggle in an Indonesian context.

After completing his studies, Merio returned to Timor Leste in 2001 and began work as a journalist. While in Papua he had already written for many of the local newspapers so he was able to use that experience into a job contributing to the Union of Catholic Asian News service based in Bangkok and a number of local newspapers.

When he returned to Timor in 2001, Merio packed up all the books he had accumulated during his university years and shipped them back to form the kernel of his own miniature library. Every time he goes to Indonesia now he tries to bring back a box of books to add to it. He finds it tough to add to his collection in Timor because books are so expensive, but when he has something he really wants he saves up money and orders a whole box of books through the Optik bookstore in Colmera to bring the shipping costs down. His collection includes some of his favourite authors including Albert Camus, Hannah Arendt, Friedrich Nietzsche and, of course, Mahatma Gandhi.

Driven by what they saw as a lack of serious investigative journalism in Timor Leste, Merio and a few friends set up the Kla'ak blog where they post articles on politics, society, culture and economics with a humanitarian bent.

While he writes mostly articles these days, Merio has filled a whole exercise book with poems and has written a number of short stories and longer fiction. He writes mainly in Tetum, but says he finds it frustrating as there is still no standard spelling or vocabulary and often needs to import words to flesh out his ideas.

Merio hasn't yet decided what he wants to write about in his Istoria Timor, but the 2006 crisis is still weighing heavily on his mind and he would like a chance to try and deal with that.

With all this talk recently of another potential flare-up in violence, maybe a book like this is what Timor really needs...

Galp delivering books to Timorese schools

2008-10-20T17:30:00.000-07:00

Via ETAN:

[translated via google. Portuguese original follows english text. Anyone reposting this might want to note that the translation is very unofficial. - JMM/ETAN]

Galp Energia delivering books to Timorese schools

Dili, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Nearly seven thousand books collected in a campaign of Galp Energia in Portugal were today delivered to the Ministry of Education in East Timor Portuguese embassy in Dili.

The books were symbolically delivered by Ambassador of Portugal, Joao Ramos Pinto, to the vice minister of Education of East Timor, Paulo Assis.

The titles, in Portuguese, will be distributed by schools throughout the country.
At the same time, there was an exhibition of works by East Timorese trainees of intensive courses in Portuguese, which took place between July and September 2008.

Paulo Assis said that "the choice to reintroduce the Portuguese in East Timor was the Timorese, to someone else, not from Portugal or Brazil."

The Deputy Minister of Education thanked the efforts of teachers who exchanged the months of holidays in the calendar year to achieve the intensive courses.
During two months of school holidays, the courses covered 90 teachers and 2100 Portuguese Timorese trainees.

--

Segunda-feira, Outubro 20, 2008

(http://timor-online.blogspot.com/2008/10/galp-energia-entrega-livros-escolas.html)Galp Energia entrega livros a escolas timorenses

Díli, 20 Out (Lusa) - Cerca de sete mil livros recolhidos numa campanha da Galp Energia em Portugal foram hoje entregues ao Ministério da Educação timorense na Embaixada de Portugal em Díli.

Os livros foram entregues simbolicamente pelo embaixador de Portugal, João Ramos Pinto, ao vice-ministro da Educação de Timor-Leste, Paulo Assis.

Os títulos, em português, serão distribuídos pelas escolas em todo o país.

Ao mesmo tempo, foi apresentada uma exposição de trabalhos efectuados pelos formandos timorenses dos cursos intensivos de português, que decorreram entre Julho e Setembro de 2008.

Paulo Assis declarou que “a escolha de reintroduzir a língua portuguesa em Timor-Leste foi dos timorenses, de mais ninguém, não de Portugal ou do Brasil”.

O vice-ministro da Educação agradeceu o esforço dos professores que trocaram os meses de férias no calendário anual para concretizar os cursos intensivos.

Durante dois meses de férias escolares, os cursos abrangeram 90 professores portugueses e 2100 formandos timorenses.

PRM
Lusa/fim

Competition launched / Kompetisaun Komesa Tiha Ona

2008-10-06T22:30:00.000-07:00

We launched the competition on Wednesday the first of October 2008 by sending an announcement to the ETAN mailing list and starting to hand out and stick up the flyers.

Our Tetum flyer*

We've had a great response so far with a lot of people calling up and emailing saying they want to enter. Journalists have been the most common occupation but we have had interest from office workers, students, theatre troupe members, waitresses, security guards and even a few people who are looking for work.

Their first question is normally "does it need to be history or can we write in fiction?". As I alluded to in an earlier post, unfortunately our project name has a bit of a historical ring to it so this confusion is understandable... We're still in the market for a new name if anyone has a good suggestion.

We are in talks with a few different organisation that may be able to help us promote this nationwide including CARE (who publish the excellent Lafaek magazine that gets sent to every single school student in the country once a month), a World Bank program that has connections to youth centres all over the country and two different national journalist associations.

Local journalist Steph March who reports for Radio Australia came and interviewed me the day we launched the competition and this report hit the airwaves this morning. Probably not terribly useful in getting the word out to potential contestants, but will be quite useful for finding funding sources once we move on to the printing stage.

In addition to interviewing people that we are lending books to, I'd like to start interviewing writers too. I'm off to Indonesia tomorrow or the day after, but I'll try and get an interview with an author up here soon.

If you'd like to help us promote the competition, please email me at johnholdaway (at) gmail (dot) com.

* I stole the image of the reading crocodile (well, technically it's an alligator) from the website I acknowledged on the flyer. I tried to contact the guy who drew it but he never responded... Oh well, we are a non-profit organisation, hopefully he won't mind.

PS - If you are the guy I stole the image from, let us know if you want us to stop using it and we'll find a new one.

Se mak Ami?/ Who are we?

2008-09-29T02:51:00.000-07:00

Kompetisaun Hakerek Istoria Sira Timor Nian ne'e patrosina husi Timor Aid no Fundasaun Alola ne'ebe konesidu liu iha Timor Leste ho nia programa ne'ebe foka liu ba Edukasaun no Dalen Nasional.

Istoria Timor Short Story Competition is sponsored by Fundasaun Alola and Timor Aid, leading NGOs in Timor Leste with a focus on Education and National Language.

The Project/ Informasaun Projectu/ Informasi Proyek

2008-09-29T02:35:00.000-07:00

For Indonesian please see below - sorry, no Tetum yet.
Untuk Bahasa Indonesia silahkan lihat di bawah - maaf, belum ada Bahasa Tetum.
Atu lian Indonesia, haree iha okos - deskulpa, sidauk iha lian Tetum.

In a nutshell, Istoria Timor hopes to publish the first novel ever written in Tetum. The project has two phases as follows:

Phase 1: Writing competition

We are running a writing competition accepting entries of between 10,000 and 15,000 words. The winner will receive US$500 and the chance to have their story published and distributed nation-wide. There are also five US$100 prizes available to runners up. This phase of the project is fully funded.

Phase 2: Editing, publishing and distribution

If, in the opinion of Istoria Timor, the received stories are fit to publish, the project will edit and print 5,000 copies of the book and look to distribute them nation-wide. Istoria Timor are accepting pledges for this phase of the project but will not begin accepting cash donations until Phase 1 is complete and management are confident in the marketability of the product.

For more detailed information, please see our project concept note.

Secara singkat, proyek Istoria Timor bermaksud untuk menerbitkan buku roman pertama dalam Bahasa Tetum. Proyek ini ada dua tahap sebagai berikut:

Tahap 1: Kompetisi menulis

Kami mengadakan sebuah kompetisi menulis untuk menerima masukan di antara 10,000 dan 15,000 kata. Naskah terbaik akan terima hadiah uang sebesar US$500 dan mendapat kesempatan untuk melihat karyanya diterbitkan di seluruh negara Timor Leste. Selain dari hadiah pertama, juga ada lima hadiah sebesar US$100 untuk 5 orang finalis. Tahap pertama proyek Istoria Timor sudah mempunyai semua dana yang diperlukan.

Tahap 2: Penyuntingan, penerbitan dan pendistribusian

Jika, dalam pendapat Istoria Timor, naskah yang diterima siap untuk diterbitkan, proyek Istoria Timor akan menyunting dan mencetak 5000 buku dan mendistribusikannya ke keseluruhan negara Timor Leste. Proyek Istoria Timor tidak akan menerima sumbangan dalam bentuk tunai untuk tahap ini sampai Tahap 1 sudah selesai dan manajemen Istoria Timor sudah pasti bahwa cerita yang diterima cukup bagus untuk dipublikasikan. Kalau ingin menyumbang pada waktu kami sudah mulai menerima sumbangan, silahkan hubungi kami.

Untuk informasi lebih lanjut, silahkan membacadokumen informasi proyek (maaf, masih dalam Bahasa Inggris).

Kestaun Sira/FAQs

2008-09-29T00:45:00.000-07:00

Karik Ita iha kestaun ruma, favor husik hela Ita-nia komentariu iha postu ne'e no tuirmai ami sei hatama ba lista.

1. Kona-ba Saida mak ha'u bele hakerek?

Saida de'it! Ami labele hatete ba Ita-Boot sira kona-ba saida mak Ita bele no labele hakerek. Durante hakerek ne'e ho dalen tetun no forma hanesan istoria (lahanesan ho artigu ka teze ruma) ami kontete ona. "Istoria" Iha kompetisaun ne'e lo'os Istoria (Ind. Sejarah maibe Cerita, Ing. La'os History maibe Story) ne'ebe hakerek maizoumenus tenki ho lifuan to'o 10,000.

2. Se mak seui korrizedor iha kompetisaun ne'e?

Sra Kirsty Sword Gusmao
Sr Joao Paulo
Sra Maria do Ceu
Sr Naldo Rei
Sr Nunu Belo
Sr Abe Baretto Soares

3. Oinsa mak Ha'u atu aprezenta Ha'u-nia istoria?

Favor haruka hela Ita-Boot nia istoria ba email: istoriatimor@timoraid.org

4. Saida mak vensedor sira sei simu?

Premiu dahuluk: $500
Premiu daruak: $200
Premiu datoluk: $100

Tinan dia ne'e mos sei iha premiu ida ho folin $500 ba istoria husi feto sira nian ne'ebe di'ak liu.

5. Bainhira mak aprezentasaun Istoria sira ramata?

Aprezentasaun istoria sira sei remata iha 30 fulan Junu 2010 no anunsiu ba vensedor sira iha fulan Agostu 2010.

If you have more questions, please leave a comment on this post and we will add it to the list.

1. What should I write about?

Anything! We don't want to tell people what they can or can not write about. As long as it is in Tetum and is structured like a story (as opposed to an article or an essay) then we're happy. "Istoria" in Portuguese means "history" while in Tetum it has two meanings: "history" and "story". We mean "story". Remember, the story must be at least 10,000 words.

2. Who will judge the competition?

The judging panel, appointed by Timor Aid and Fundasaun Alola, is:

Sra Kirsty Sword Gusmao
Sr Joao Paulo
Sra Maria do Ceu
Sr Naldo Rei
Sr Nunu Belo
Sr Abe Baretto Soares

3. How do I submit my story?

Please email your story to istoriatimor@timoraid.org

4. What does the winner receive?

First prize is $500
Second prize is $200
Third prize is $100

This year, there will also be a prize of $500 for the best story from a female entrant.

5. When do entries close?

Entries close on Wednesday 30 June with the winners to be announced in August.

Related news

2008-09-03T19:09:00.000-07:00

The story below came through the ETAN mailing list while I was away.

Northern Territory News

August 26, 2008

Gutsy novel wins top prize

By ALYSSA BETTS

THREE women waded through blood and guts to their waists, picking through gore and slimy tubes as they wiped their brows.

They peeked in diaries of soldiers, pages aged brown and burnt by shelling.

They visited the seaside for a break, sand grains rubbing under the pads of their fingers.

And then Darwin City Councillor Robyn Lesley, Territory librarian Iris Beale and student teacher Penny Cameron chose the Young Territory Author Awards.

``I didn't have very high expectations and I was really blown away by the standard,'' Ms Lesley said.

``Some students put in an inordinate amount of effort into the visual side of the book -- others were word craftsmiths.

``It must've taken some of the kids months to do it.''

The Darwin City Council awards, open to all Territory students, attracted 102 entries and were held last Wednesday during Children's Book Week.

Fourteen-year-old Rosanna Cameron was the overall winner and pocketed $500.

Her slim 5000-word novel -- entitled Found -- is told through the eyes of two main characters, a 10-year-old village girl and a soldier, living through the crisis of East Timor's struggle for independence.

The story unfolds as the girl's brother is killed by the soldier.

When the soldier is wounded in a revenge attack by a second brother, the parents -- horrified by the violence -- take in the soldier and care for him.

The three judges gave the Kormilda College student the gong for Found's originality, ``pertinence'' to the Top End, and evocation of emotions.

``The story's main point is that you can find some good in every situation -- one of the key things about it was compassion and kindness,'' Rosanna said.

It took her more than a year to finish; she started in early 2007 and promptly came down with a case of writer's block.

``One of the most difficult things was not knowing where the story would go next. There was also the ending -- I was stuck on it,'' she said.

She admitted it was also tricky getting into the head of her male soldier, but had help from family and friends who loaded her up with opinions.

Rosanna -- who won Kormilda's Elly Angel poetry prize last year -- said she was ``staggered'' to win the award.

Ms Lesley said it was almost too hard to say there was a best book in this year's pickings.

Entries ranged from the fictitious soldier's diary -- which had been aged and burnt around the edges -- to pop-up picture books full of flowers, and stories with collages of sea and sand.

``There were a couple of sci-fi novels by young fellows -- some of them with lots of blood and guts,'' Ms Lesley said. ``There were quite a few books that had an environmental twist.

``I wasn't expecting that level of creativity and skill from the younger ones.''

The books submitted for the awards, and suitable to be placed in a library collection, will be kept at Darwin's Casuarina Library for the public to read.

AGE GROUP WINNERS

AGE 16-18: Timothy Hansen for The Daughters Of Edgar Raven; AGE 13-15: Angie Ng for Wanda's Curse; AGE 9-12: Tisha Tejaya for Mysterique; AGE Under 8: Alfio Dilettoso for The Mean Queen.

HiGHLY COMMENDED

AGE 16-18: Jarod Laskazeski for Sea Creatures Watch Out; AGE 13-15: Jack Williams for A Soldier's Diary; AGE 13-15: Sean Guy for The Legend Of Hathor; AGE 9-12: Dylan Hage-Grey for Battle Of The Bands; AGE 9-12: Darren Brown for Battle Of The Bands; AGE Under 8: Analese Richards for What Was In The Garden; AGE Under 8: Brighid Goodbun for The Book Of Secrets; AGE UNDER 8: Caitlin Cuff for Circus Fun.

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

AGE 16-18: Nyrssa Fitzallen for My Brother Shannon And Other Stories.

Concept note

2008-08-13T00:26:00.001-07:00

So, we've prepared a draft concept note, sent it out to a list of friends and got a lot of good comments. I'm in Indonesia for a few weeks at the moment and Shelley is off to Australia shortly but we'll work on a new version and distribute it more broadly.

Once we get the final round of comments on the concept note we'll post it up here and look at launching the competition, target date: mid-late September.

Sidalia and Idalia

2008-07-25T20:32:00.000-07:00

Sidalia and Idalia are another two members of the basketball crew that I see a couple of times a week at the Eskola Cina. Sidalia, 19, and Idalia, 20, met when they both started playing basketball for the Futuru Team in junior high school and have been friends ever since. The Futuru Team are reigning champions of the national basketball competition held in Dili each year despite being substantially shorter and younger and having a much smaller team than any of their opponents.

I saw a few of their games in the competition this year and after they scored the first 18 points of the second half (with no subs) against the much larger and scary-looking PNTL team (the National Police Force) I thought it might have been prudent to maybe go a little easy on their opponents. They did have a bit of a scare in the final against the Canossa School, but once they calmed down and found their rhythm in the second half they pulled away to a comfortable lead and took out the championship for the second year running.

They both graduated from high school last year and are now taking an English course at a private school in Fatuhada before going to university. Sidalia hopes that she can get a scholarship to study overseas and her dream destination is her favourite country: America. Idalia hopes to continue her study here in Timor and wants to study medicine or, failing that, leadership studies.

They both like to read comedies and mentioned the Indonesian Bengkel Tawa series as one of their favourites. Idalia said that she liked to read self-help books too; fortunately for her, it seems like about 80% of publishing in the Indonesian language can be neatly placed in that category... They don't actually own any books of their own so they normally just borrow them from friends. Other than that, the only things they read on a semi-regular basis are Lafaek and the odd newspaper.

They were quite interested in the idea of the writing competition and actually asked if they could enter. I think we'd better hurry up and launch this thing...

PS - And here's a badarse photo I took of Sidalia going for a block against a guy a foot taller than her the other week:

Reader profiles: Reni and Anata

2008-07-11T04:35:00.000-07:00

Anata (left) and Reni (right)

Reni and Anata both work at Motion, a cafe and club in Mercado Lama, Dili. Motion is a pretty cool place, it's been around for a few years now in various forms and, for some inexplicable reason, it is empty every night of the week except Thursday when the entire expat community of Dili turns out and literally hundreds of people pack in there until you can barely move.

Reni used to work at the bar, but now spends most of her time overseeing the cafe. She is 20 years old and has been working at Motion since she graduated high school. She lives in a kost (boarding house) just down the road from the bar. Her family still live in Same, an inland town on the south side of East Timor.

Anata is the cook at Motion and has been there for over three years now. She's only 19 so you can do the math. Her parents passed away a few years ago so she went to work after finishing primary school. While most of her siblings live in the mountain town of Ermera, she has saved up enough money to have her own house down by the airport. She also takes care of her younger brother who goes to school in Dili.

I lent them a chick-lit book and a couple of horror books for the manager's younger brothers last week, but they had read them all three of them between them by the time I dropped by for lunch today. With much embarrassment they admitted to buying and reading crappy Indonesian romance novels from Colmera now and then, but normally they just read the newspapers that they have for sale. They also like to read Lafaek (CARE International's excellent bi-monthly children's publication) which they borrow from their younger siblings who get it from school. Reni said that when she was in high school the nuns that were her teachers lent her some Tetum books they had bought on Timorese culture, but other than that neither of them had ever read any Tetum books.

Reni said that she doesn't normally like to read horror books (she says she was scared to walk home alone after reading the novelisation of 40 Hari Bangkitnya Pocong) but picked them up because they were around. As both of them have good jobs and a little spending money they both said they'd buy a Tetum novel if one were published.

Name change

2008-07-10T18:54:00.000-07:00

Well, that was quick...

After shopping it around a bit, it turns out that Istoria Lorosae sounds a little controversial to some ears. A little history for those who just joined us: during the crisis of 2006, a lot of the violence was due to tensions between the easterners and the westerners. That's not the East Timorese and the West Timorese, but people from the eastern and the western ends of Timor Leste. It turns out that, while it's a lovely word, Lorosae still carries with it a little too much political baggage.

So, um... Any suggestions?

In the meantime we're going with Istoria Timor. It's not perfect. It sounds a little historical, but it will do for now. I'm perfectly happy to change it again if anyone has any better suggestions.

This is what you get when you have clueless malae (foreigners) trying to name projects...

Reader profile: Zela

2008-07-10T18:16:00.000-07:00

I met Zela at the Eskola Cina in Bidau-Lecidere where I play basketball a couple of times a week. She's there most afternoons playing and/or watching her boyfriend score on me again and again... Zela is 21 years old and, until recently, was studying IT at a local university. She felt she couldn't keep up with the classes as they were all held in Portuguese, a language she only really has a passing knowledge of. Her plan now is to follow her two older brothers to study in Indonesia next year, perhaps in Jogjakarta.

I lent her and a bunch of others a few novels including: Lovasket - a teen novel about a basketball, corruption, love and traditional values, Istoria da Paz - a novel about a young woman finding her way in the world by working with East Timorese refugees in West Timor (quite the find, really), I'm not Bitch - a novel about a girl whose circumstances push her towards a life bordering on prostitution, and a few others. Zela read I'm not Bitch and Lovasket and enjoyed them a lot.

In general she likes to read comedies and light drama in Indonesian. Normally she borrows them from friends and once or twice a year when her brothers come back from Indonesia they bring her a few. There are a few Portuguese books around but she hasn't ever read them, she struggles with normal Portuguese, let alone the poetic stuff...

Interestingly she actually told me that there are a few Tetum books, but only on pretty dry topics: law, history, textbooks and so on. She actually owns a few on the history of the independence movement and the lives of Jose Ramos-Horta and Xanana Gusmao.

Streetside booksellers

2008-07-10T18:11:00.000-07:00

There are a few booksellers on the footpaths around the Colmera intersection so we wandered by and had a chat. They sell mainly dictionaries, but they have a small selection of romance novels on sale for between 50 cents and a dollar-fifty each. Apparently they each sell 5-10 of them a week, which is far from insignificant. Shelley bought a couple and read one.

The books (note the random Noam Chomsky book...)

Cheap paper

They're printed on super cheap paper and are probably of a similar literary standard to pulp romance novels in the west: i.e. pretty low. But they're just about the only form of literature available to the bulk of the citizenry of Dili.

Testing the market

2008-07-10T16:55:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago the little brother, Dato, of a friend of ours was over at our house. We have a small collection of Indonesian novels so we offered him a pile of them. Our collection is pretty meager, a little bit of literature (Ayu Utami, Remy Sylado), some poetry, a couple of teen novels and a dodgy horror book. Being a teenage boy, when it was time to go Dato was completely engrossed in Kuntilanak; a novelisation of a pretty bad Indonesian horror movie about kuntilanaks (Shelley bought it because she was interested in Indonesian monsters and wanted to know more; unfortunately for her Indonesian horror movies don't make any sense). Dato asked to borrow the book and, of course, we were very happy to hand it over. I ran into his older brother a week or so later and he said he had started reading it too.

So we decided to lend out a few more of our books and, so far, the response has been really positive. To add a bit of flavour to the blog, from now on we're planning on interviewing all of the people we lend books to to see what sort of things they read, what they like, what they do and so on.

Stay tuned for the first update.

Greetings

2008-07-06T18:19:00.000-07:00

Hi there,

This is our new blog to chart the development of the Istoria Lorosae project. Istoria is a Portuguese loan word meaning story or stories, and Lorosae literally means rising sun, but is generally used to mean "east" in Tetum; so: Stories from the East. The project, broadly, is focused on literacy in Timor Leste. Specifically, we hope that it will encourage young Timorese to read and (hopefully) to write.

We're still working on the concept note at the moment but, in a nutshell, we're hoping that we can play a key role in the publishing of the first novel ever published in Tetum. A lofty goal to be sure; but we're hoping we can give it a big kick in the right direction with just a few hundred bucks and a bit of (hopefully free) promotion. From then on we'll need to start fundraising, but if the prior stages go as well as we hope, it (hopefully) shouldn't be too hard.

So, this blog is intended to report on any progress we make, any events we hold and just generally anything we feel is peripherally related to literacy in Timor Leste.

Anyway, we'll keep you posted.

John & Shelley