Culture

A man and a woman from Tutuala wear traditional tais weavings. 22 December 2007. UNMIT / Martine Perret

Traditional soldiers wear ceremonial costumes at special events. 19 April 2008. UNMIT / Martine Perret

Man wears the traditional manu-fulun headdress made of rooster feathers. 12 November 2008. UNMIT / Martine Perret

Elder wears the traditional dress of Ainaro district with ornaments signifying heroism. 28 September 2008. UNMIT / Martine Perret

Rice harvest in Aileu. 4 February 2009. UNMIT / Martine Perret

As the security situation improves, youth becomes an age of opportunity for the 60 per cent of Timor-Leste’s population under the age of 25. 28 February 2009. UNMIT / Martine Perret

Farmer herds buffalo near Manatuto. 25 April 2009. UNMIT / Martine Perret

Woman participates in a traditional ceremony in Lospalos. 14 May 2009. UNMIT / Martine Perret

With 19,600 members from 16 cooperatives and 494 small-scale farmer groups, Cooperativa Café Timor obtained a Fair Trade certification in 2001. 10 July 2009. UNMIT

At a ceremony marking the resumption of primary policing responsibility by the Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) in Manatuto, a young boy from a local art group wears blue paint. 25 July 2009. UNMIT / Martine Perret