LI AN MOEN ANA ATUK BIJAEL

 LI AN MOEN ANA ATUK BIJAEL

1.     When you are traveling around Timor, especially at the district of north middle Timor, you will be familiar with this traditional pop song "LI AN MOEN ANA ATUK BIJAEL"

2.     "LI AN MOEN ANA ATUK BIJAEL" is derived from Dawan Language or A Toin Meto language meaning “A Young Boy who takes care of the Cow”

3.     You will find boys and girls are singing LI AN MOEN ANA ATUK BIJAEL along the way.

4.     LI AN MOEN ANA ATUK BIJAEL sounds strange to your hearing but it is so melodious and meaningful.

5.     This traditional pop song is mainly talking about the responsibility of a young growing son

6.     As a young boy, LI AN MOEN ANA should spend all his boyhood at school

7.     He should develop himself by studying at school as the other boys did

8.     Unfortunately, LI AN MOEN ANA had to take responsibility as shepherd

9.     He should spend all his boyhood with his cows at the savanna.

10. He should NATUK BIJAEL

11. From the morning to the afternoon, LI AN MOEN ANA had to graze their cows in the pasture

12. He had to move from one savanna to another one from the morning till the afternoon.

13. While his cows were grazing, he sang LI AN MOEN ANA ATUK BIJAEL

14. He told to the nature that he was only a shepherd

15. He wanted to go to school but he could not leave his cows

16. He loved his cows as he loved himself

17. Because of that love, now he becomes illiterate and uneducated like his cows.

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Thank you

Leonardus Nana

SMK N Paisanaunu