José da Costa mak ema kura na'in ida husi Baucau ne'ebé mós koñesidu nu'udar espesialista rituál no Kabu Bee. Nia baibain kaer futun ai-sanak ida (sanak ne'ebé nia foti husi área tasi ibun, rai-laran no foho) no cruz ida. Nia kapasidade hodi hatene moras loke liu husi rituál ida ne'ebé nia oho manu ida, halo observasaun ba manu nia isin no halo urat. Nia determina kausa moras (moras nia hun) husi intervista ho pasiente ka familia pasiente sira. Nia matenek kona ba oinsa atu kura ema foti husi ai- no ai-horis sira. Nia esplika katak bainhira ita uza ai ka ai-horis balu, ita tenke tusan (deve) fali ba ai ka ai-horis nia na'in. Ezemplu ida ne'ebé nia fó maka bainhira ita uza ai-moruk ne'ebé foti husi ai ida naran ho lian Waima'a 'nunu wala' (tipe ficcus ida) ne'ebé ita bele uza hodi kura ruin, ita tenke tusan ho manu ka bibi Timor ida.  
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Jose da Costa is a healer in the town of Baucau and is also a well known as a local ritual specialist and Kabu Bee (irrigation water controller). He always carries with him a small bundle of wood (sourced from the coastal, dryland and mountainous regions) and a silver Christian cross. His divination (xray) powers are enabled by the ritual sacrifice of a young chicken and a reading of the marks on its body and internal organs. He determines the cause of illness as well through an interview and note taking process with the sick person or their family member. His medicinal knowledge draws on an extensive suite of trees and plants. The use of some of these trees creates onerous debts which must be repaid to the spirit of the tree. For his example, medicines harvested from nunu wala (a type of ficcus tree) used in muscular-skeletal healing must be repaid for by an offering of one chicken or goat (bibi Timor).