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Cristo Rei Of Dili
The ''Cristo Rei of Dili'' (Christ the King of Dili) statue ( pt, Estátua do Cristo Rei de Díli, tet, Estátua Cristo Rei Dili) is a colossal statue of Jesus Christ situated atop a globe at Cape Fatucama in Dili, East Timor. It is one of East Timor's main tourist attractions. The statue was designed, and its construction supervised, by Mochamad Syailillah, who is better known as "Bolil". It was officially unveiled by President Suharto of Indonesia in 1996 as a gift from the Indonesian Government to the people of Timor Timur, the then Indonesian province. Location The statue, and the globe on which it rests, are mounted on the peak of Cape Fatucama at the end of the Fatucama peninsula. The statue is accessible from the car park at Cristo Rei Beach, on the south side of the cape, inside the Bay of Dili, via a 570-step concrete staircase shaded by trees. From the base of the statue, there are panoramic views back over the bay towards Dili in the south west, out over the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Fatucama
Cape Fatucama ( pt, Cabo Fatucama, tet, Capa Fatu Cama) is a cape or large headland a short distance north east of Dili, on the north coast of East Timor. It is best known as the site of the '' Cristo Rei of Dili'', a colossal statue of Jesus Christ. Etymology According to Cliff Morris's ''Tetun-English Dictionary'' (1984), ''Fatu'' means stone or rock, and ''Kama'' means bed. Geography The cape is located at the north eastern end of the Bay of Dili, about from the centre of Dili. It marks the southern end of the transition between Ombai Strait, of which the bay is part, and Wetar Strait, between the north eastern shore of Timor and the Indonesian island of Wetar. It also lies at the northern end of the border between the '' sucos'' of (on the border's western side) and Hera (on its eastern side). To the south of the cape, inside the Bay of Dili, is Cristo Rei Beach, and to the cape's east, facing Wetar Strait, is Jesus Backside Beach, which is sometimes referred to in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Dili
The Bay of Dili ( pt, Baía de Díli, tet, Baía Dili) is a bay on the north coast of East Timor adjacent to Dili, its capital city. The bay forms part of Ombai Strait, which separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar, Atauro, and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Geography The bay is located on the southern side of Ombai Strait, immediately to the north of the similarly named Dili municipality. It extends from the mouth of the Comoro River in the west to Cristo Rei Beach, Cape Fatucama, and the ''Cristo Rei of Dili'' statue in the north east. History Early records about Timor, especially before the 1700s, are sparse. Portuguese settlers are said to have arrived in the Bay of Dili in 1520, and to have established a small settlement there. A quarter of a millenium later, in 1769, the governor of Portuguese Timor sought to break the influence of powerful local families in Lifau, Oecusse, his then residence, by moving the colonial administration and 1,200 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanana Gusmão
José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão (; born 20 June 1946) is an East Timorese politician. A former rebel, he was the third President of the independent East Timor, serving from 2002 to 2007. He then became its fourth prime minister, serving from 2007"Gusmao sworn in as East Timor PM" , Al Jazeera, 8 August 2007. to 2015. Gusmão holds the office of Minister of Planning and Strategic Investment since stepping down as PM. Early life and career Gusmão was born in , in what was then , to parents of mixed Portu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamboo Scaffolding
Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other man-made structures. Scaffolds are widely used on site to get access to heights and areas that would be otherwise hard to get to. Unsafe scaffolding has the potential to result in death or serious injury. Scaffolding is also used in adapted forms for formwork and shoring, grandstand seating, concert stages, access/viewing towers, exhibition stands, ski ramps, half pipes and art projects. There are five main types of scaffolding used worldwide today. These are tube and coupler (fitting) components, prefabricated modular system scaffold components, H-frame / façade modular system scaffolds, timber scaffolds and bamboo scaffolds (particularly in China and India). Each type is made from several components which often include: * A base jack or plate which is a load-bearing base for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communion Of Churches In Indonesia
The Communion of Churches in Indonesia ( id, Persekutuan Gereja-gereja di Indonesia) is a national ecumenical body in Indonesia. It was founded in 1950. It is a member of the World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most juri .... External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Communion of Churches in Indonesia National councils of churches [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandung
Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most populous city in Indonesia. Greater Bandung (Bandung Basin Metropolitan Area/BBMA) is the country's third-largest metropolitan area, with nearly nine million inhabitants. Located above sea level, the highest point in the North area with an altitude of 1,050 meters and the lowest in the South is 675 meters above sea level, approximately southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler year-round temperatures than most other Indonesian cities. The city lies on a river basin surrounded by volcanic mountains that provides a natural defence system, which was the primary reason for the Dutch East Indies government's plan to move the capital from Batavia (modern-day Jakarta) to Bandung. The Dutch first established tea plantations around the mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesian Rupiah
The rupiah (Currency symbol, symbol: Rp; ISO 4217, currency code: IDR) is the official currency of Indonesia. It is issued and controlled by Bank Indonesia. The name "Rupee, rupiah" is derived from the Sanskrit word for silver, (). Sometimes, Indonesians also informally use the word ("silver" in Indonesian language, Indonesian) in referring to rupiah in coins. The rupiah is divided into 100 ''cent (currency), sen'', although high inflation has rendered all coins and banknotes denominated in obsolete. Introduced in 1946 by Indonesian nationalists Indonesian National Revolution, fighting for independence, the currency replaced Japanese government-issued currency in the Dutch East Indies, a version of the Netherlands Indies gulden, which had been introduced during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Japanese occupation in World War II. In its early years, the rupiah was used in conjunction with other currencies, including a new version of the gulden introduced by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garuda Indonesia
Garuda Indonesia is the flag carrier of Indonesia, headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. A successor of KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, it is a member of SkyTeam and the second-largest airline of Indonesia after Lion Air, operating scheduled flights to a number of destinations across Asia, Europe, and Australia from its hubs, focus cities, as well as other cities for Hajj. It is the only Indonesian airline that flies to the European airspace. At its peak from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, Garuda operated an extensive network of flights all over the world, with regularly scheduled services to Adelaide, Cairo, Fukuoka, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome and other cities in Europe, Australia and Asia. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a series of financial and operational difficulties hit the airline hard, causing it to drastically cut back services. In 2009, the airline undertook a five-year modernization plan known as the ''Quantum Leap'', which overhaul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesian Invasion Of East Timor
The Indonesian invasion of East Timor, known in Indonesia as Operation Lotus ( id, Operasi Seroja), began on 7 December 1975 when the Indonesian National Armed Forces, Indonesian military (ABRI/TNI) invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism and anti-communism to overthrow the Fretilin regime Carnation Revolution, that had emerged in 1974. The overthrow of the popular and briefly Fretilin-led government sparked a violent Indonesian occupation of East Timor, quarter-century occupation in which approximately 100,000–180,000 soldiers and civilians are estimated to have been killed or starved to death. The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor documented a minimum estimate of 102,000 conflict-related deaths in East Timor throughout the entire period 1974 to 1999, including 18,600 violent killings and 84,200 deaths from disease and starvation; Indonesian forces and their auxiliaries combined were responsible for 70% of the killings. During th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of East Timor
This is a list of European (as well as Australian and Japanese) colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Timor, an area equivalent to modern-day East Timor. List (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) For continuation after independence, ''see:'' President of East Timor See also * East Timor ** Politics of East Timor ** President of East Timor ** Prime Minister of East Timor * East Timor (Indonesian province)#Governors * List of colonial Residents of Dutch Timor * List of rulers of Timor * Lists of office-holders External links World Statesmen – Timor-Leste (East Timor) {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Colonial Governors Of Portuguese Timor Political history of Portugal History of East Timor Governors of Portuguese Timor, *List Lists of Portuguese colonial governors and administrators, Timor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Abílio Osório Soares
José Abílio Osório Soares () (2 June 1947 – 17 June 2007) was an Indonesian politician. He was the last governor of the Indonesian province of East Timor before the country's independence. Profile During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, Soares became Mayor of Dili, later Regent ('' Bupati'') of his home of Manatuto and from September 18, 1992, until 1999 the last governor of the province of Timor Timur. Immediately after taking office, he outraged the world with his statement that "many more should have died" in the Santa Cruz massacre that had taken place shortly before. In May 1994, he proposed an autonomy within Indonesia to resolve the East Timor conflict, which was rejected by the Indonesian President Suharto as unconstitutional. Soares was then sent to Jakarta for four months on a military course, which was to be considered a disciplinary measure. During Soares' second term in office from September 1997, his involvement in corruption cases in connecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesus Backside Beach
Jesus Backside Beach or Dolok Oan Beach ( pt, Praia dos Portugueses, tet, Dolok Oan) is a public beach located in the ''suco'' of Hera, a short distance north east of Dili, East Timor. The beach forms part of the south shore of Wetar Strait, immediately to the east of Cape Fatucama. Etymology The beach's "precise but utterly uncharming" most commonly used English language name, Jesus Backside Beach, alludes to the colossal ''Cristo Rei of Dili'' statue located immediately to its west. As the statue faces in a westerly direction, it presents its rear or back side to the beach. In Portuguese, the beach is often referred to as (), which is an allusion to its popularity with National Republican Guard (GNR) troops when they are stationed in East Timor. In Tetum, and sometimes also in English or Portuguese, the beach is referred to as , which is a combination of the Tetum words for wet ground () and a child (). Geography Jesus Backside Beach is composed of white sand and is almos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
