Celebrations of 40 years of FALINTIL
July 16th – September 2nd
Sports activities - FALINTIL Tournaments
Organized by Secretary of State Youth and Sports
Football, Motocross, Basketball, Volleyball, Futsal, Boxing, Marathon, Rowing, Rope pulling, Walking, Pole climbing
August 12th
Time: 8h00
Place: Auditorium of the Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e (UNTL)
Seminar ’Love Nature’ - Organized by UNTL
August 15th
Camping by university students
University students meeting point
Place: Palácio do Governo
Time: 15h00
Camping by university students
Place: Motal Ulun, Díli
August 16th
Place: Aileu
“Historical Journey” walk with university students from Díli to Aileu (All day).
Ritual in Suku Liurai, Uma Lisan (Sacred House) Dom Bau-Meta (Morning and afternoon)
August 17th
Place: Aileu
Declaration of Armed Insurgency
08h00 - Reading of the “Declaration of Armed Insurgency”
08h15 - Raising of the Flag
08h25 - Speech by Dr. Mari Alkatiri
09h00 - Traditional dances and performances
12h00 - Lunch
17h00 - Flag Lowering
18h00 - Music
20h00 - Fireworks
August 18th
Sports activities • Night vigil
Place: Díli
07h00-11h00 - Walk from Largo Lecidere to Comoro roundabout • Arts and Crafts Fair in Centro de Convenções de Díli (until 22 August)
Night vigil by the children of the fallen heroes, in CCD.
August 19th
Conference • Mass • Tribute
March from Dili to Metinaro by the children of the fallen heroes (Morning)
09h00-11h00 Conference by FALINTIL authors, Dr. Marí Alkatiri and Rogério Lobato, CCD
14h00 - Mass at Dili Cathedral
16h00 - Participants leave to Metinaro for the Tribute at the Garden of Heroes
August 20th
Ceremony of the Day of FALINTIL in Tasi-Tolo
08h30 - Military parade
09h00 - Arrival of President and VIPs to Taci-Tolo and Military Honors
09h15 - Raising of the Flag
09h30 - Minute of Silence
• Ceremony of condecoration, promotion and retirement of F-FDTL cadre:
• Presentation of Commemorative Plaques
• Speech by the President of the Republic
• F-FDTL Parade
12h00 - Sports activities
16h00 - Parade by Veterans of the Resistance
17h00 - Flag Lowering
17h30 - Symbolic presentation of Special Identification Cards to Veterans 15-24 years
18h00 - Cultural night
19h30 - Dinner
00h00 - Fireworks
August 21st
Extra program at Archive and Museum of the Timorese Resistance
08h30 - Guests arrival
09h00 - Traditional Ritual
10h00 - Groundbreaking ceremony of the “Eternal Flame”
