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Seleleo-Seo/Kosok-Koso
  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00002307
    Country Timor-Leste
    ICH Domain Social practices, rituals, festive events
Description The element is practiced in traditional wedding ceremonies, inherited from ancestors, commonly in Fataluku Ethnic and other neighborhood, located in eastern part of the country. Seleleo-Seo/Kosok-Koso is a kind of dowry agreement expression between the family of groom and bride within community. This practice is used to make the dowry negotiation between families in an attractive and interactive atmosphere. People in this community believes that Seleleo-Seo/Kosok-Koso is an important practice in wedding ceremony therefore to make family to be moreblessed and to strength the family ties.

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