Atoni
Sign in to saveThe Atoni (also known as the Atoin Meto, Atoin Pah Meto or Dawan) people are an ethnic group on Timor, in Indonesian West Timor and the East Timorese enclave of Oecussi-Ambeno. They number around 844,030. Their language is Uab Meto.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Atoni peopleAtoin Meto / Dawan
- Ethnic group.image
- 250px
- Ethnic group.caption
- Atoni warrior priest.
- Ethnic group.population
- 844,030
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Timor Island: (West Timor): 761,000: 80,000Others:: 3,030
- Ethnic group.langs
- Uab Meto, Indonesian, Portuguese, Tetum, and others
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity (predominantly), Islam, folk religion
- Ethnic group.related
- BunakHelongMambai
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The Atoni (also known as the Atoin Meto, Atoin Pah Meto or Dawan) people are an ethnic group on Timor, in Indonesian West Timor and the East Timorese enclave of Oecussi-Ambeno. They number around 844,030. Their language is Uab Meto.
The Atoni live in villages consisting of 50 to 60 people, each village is surrounded with stone fence or shrubs, with fields and cattle cages on the periphery. The houses usually form a circular cluster, or following the road after the introduction of a road.
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