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Uluk Oe Alas (ai-laran rotan nian) mak hanesan territóriu rai Lookeu (Koba Lima) nian. Oras ne’e dadaun rai ne’e tama fali ba rai Dafala (feto-sae ba Lookeu). Iha Oe Alas iha bee-matan ida naran We Feto Fouk (Bee Feto Foun). Iha fatin ne’e hamosu dala balun serimónia ida ne’ebé ema kuru bee lulik husi bee-matan hodi lori fali ba uma lulik Uma Mahawar. Iha ne’ebá ema na'in sira kari (hisik) bee no hamuluak ba feto-foun foun (ne’ebé mos bolu feto uma na'in), liu tiha serimónia ida ne’e nia (feto foun) simu matak malirin no tama ba Uma Mahawar nu'udar membru uma ida (lee mos Vroklage 1952a: 353-357; Neonbasu 2005:322). Hanesan iha serimónia seluk ne’ebé kari ka hisik ema ho bee-lulik, ai-tahan matak ne’ebé nai sira uza hodi kari ka hisik bee foti husi ai-du’ut ida naran kalirin (halo malirin). ________________________ Oe Alas (forest of rattans) was traditionally a territory of the Kingdom of Lookeu (Koba Lima). It is now in West Timor and a part of the Kingdom of Dafala (wife-takers to Lookeu). In Oe Alas there is a spring called We Feto Fouk (feto fouk=daughter-in-law). Here on occasions a ceremony will be held and holy water will be taken from the spring back to the sacred house of Uma Mahawar where it will be sprinkled over a new daughter-in-law (who is also called feto uma nain = the custodian of the house), during a special prayer,who will be blessed with matak malirin and welcomed as a new member of Uma Mahawar (see also Vroklage 1952a: 353-357; Neonbasu 2005:322). As in other water sprinkling ceremonies the green leaves used to sprinkle the holy water over the new daughter-in-law is taken from the kalirin bush (kalirin=making cool).