Uma liurai Oecusse lokaliza iha Pante Makassar besik igreja Santo Antonio, igreja ida ne'ebé harii uluk liu iha illa Timor. Liurai nia uma simples harii ho piku ho estilu ida naran "ume xinas" no oin seluk loos kompara ho estilu uma lulik kabuar (uma suba) sira ne'ebé bele hetan iha foho sira. Uma xina sira harii ho fatuk ka sementi ho piku no nia kakuluk naruk. Uma ne'e hanesan sentru ba vida rituál iha rejiaun ne'e. To'o ohin Oecusse nia uma lisan 18 hafoin kolleita lori sira-nia produtu hodi oferese ba Liurai. 

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The house of the liurai (king) of Oecusse is situated in Pante Makassar near the the church of Santa Antonio, one of the first churches to be built on the island. The king’s simple thatched house is built in a style known as ume xinas (Chinese house) and is very different from the style of conical thatched origin houses we had seen in the hills (ume suba). Ume xinas are built out of rock (or concrete) and piku (palm stem panelling) and have a long, narrow thatched roof. The house is a centre for ritual life in the region. Even today, all 18 of Oecusse’s villages and associated clan lineages bring their post-harvest offerings here as tribute to the king.

The Fuku House is an ume suba in the Oecusse foothills. Each year the house members (and the rest of their village) take a portion of their rice and corn harvest to the king each year to ensure the annual rains will arrive. If they did not, people fear their springs would dry up, the crops would fail and the people would become ill. Along with each ume suba’s own household rituals, it is the king’s divine connection to the entire nature spirit world that enables them to properly communicate with and honour the localised spirits who inhabit their lands and waters. The king is, in effect, the living human embodiment of these custodian spirits.