CookingTimor-Leste

Ana Juvita mak feto ida ne’ebe kaer boek, ho
idade 38 hela besik iha área mota Loes ho
oan hamutuk na’in hitu. Nia dala barak iha
meudia la’o tun ba mota atu monta ninia
lasu. Nia hateten katak métodu ida ne’e fasil
atu aplika no la gasta tempu barak. Hatuur
botir lasu ne’ebe enxe ona hahán (nuu sos
no batar uut sona maran, ne’ebe boek gosta
han) no hanehan ho fatuk atu bee labele lori.
Hahán ne’ebe mak tau iha botir lasu laran
atrai tebes boek sira – wainhira boek tama
ona iha laran sira haksoit sai la di’ak!
Iha dadersan tuir mai, tempu atu hasa’i boek
husi botir lasu ba iha bote, depois hili balun
lori ba fa’an iha estrada no ponte leten,
balun uza ba te’in modo uma laran nian.
Osan ne’ebe hetan husi boek uza ba
nesesidade uma laran nian hanesan; sosa
hahán, ajuda oan sira nia eskola, no bele uza
ba eventu kultural ruma (fetosan–umane).
Dala ruma ema ida bele hetan osan husi
$15 to’o $20 kada loron. Maibé hanesan feto
sira hateten, ‘Moris halai tuir roda kareta no
motór ne’ebe hakat liuhosi ponte Loes’.
Ana Juvita is one of the women who catch
shrimp. She is 38 years old and lives nearby
with her seven children. Most afternoons,
she goes down to the river to set her traps.
She says the bottle traps make catching
shrimp easy and saves time. She puts a
spoonful of fried corn and coconut – which
the shrimp love to eat – into the trap. She
then places the trap in the river and holds
it down with rocks so it does not float away.
The shrimp are attracted to the food – but
once inside, they can’t escape!
Early next morning, it is time to go back to
the river and remove the shrimp from the
bottle traps. Some shrimp are taken home
for the family, but most are sold by the side of
the road.
Income from the shrimp is used for
household food and other necessities,
children’s education and as contributions to
cultural events. Sometimes one person can
earn up to US$15–20 a day. But as the women
say, ‘Life rolls along following the pattern of
cars and motorbikes across the bridge’.
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