(8 Sep 2024)
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Dili, East Timor – 7 September 2024
1. Various Dili residents rehearsing and singing to welcome Pope Francis
2. People chanting “Viva el Papa”
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Florencio, Catholic Dili Resident and group coordinator:
“Yeah. This groups come from all of the (parishes) Parochians in Timor Leste. So, we take an initiative to prepare ourselves to receive our pope when he arrives in Timor. So, this group is preparing (welcome songs and dances), two presentations, the first, for welcoming and then another one for, say, goodbye to the pope when he’ll go back to Rome.”
4. Various people chanting “Viva Papa”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Frolencio, Chatolic Dili Resident and group coordinator:
“This is our traditional dancing, our traditional culture. So, we are saying, based on the theme of the pope visit to Timor Leste ‘to make your faith as your culture’. So that’s why we have prepared everything (all our performances) related to our faith and our culture.”
9. Lurinha in group waving flag
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Laurinha de Costa Perreira, Catholic Dili Resident:
“We are here (rehearsing), we have been preparing with good faith and good will, with good faith, with all our love, to receive the Holy Father.”
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Nicolao Lobato Airport, Dili, East Timor – Friday 6th September 2024
11. Banner on wall reading in Portuguese “May your faith be your culture” (Pope Francis)
12. Banner on wall reading in Portuguese “Welcome to East Timor Your Holiness Pope Francis”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dili, East Timor – Friday 06th September 2024
12.Vatican and East Timor flags along the city’s roads where the motorcade will drive
13. Various of security along the streets
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Dili, East Timor – Sunday 8th September 2024
14. Various priest and faithful receiving communion at Sunday mass at the Church of Sao Jose de Aimutin
15. People handing out Timor flags after Sunday mass to welcome Pope Francis
16. Various people holding Timor flags
STORYLINE:
Catholics and other well wishers gathered on the streets of East Timor’s capital Dili on Saturday, to rehearse their welcome songs and dances ahead of the arrival of Pope Francis to the small Southeast Asian country on Monday.
Streets were cleaned by the capital’s workers while Vatican and Timorese flags were raised and posters hung up.
The Pope’s arrival in East Timor marks the 3rd leg of the longest trip of his pontificate.
The Papal visit is a prime opportunity to put the world’s spotlight on East Timor, the youngest country in Asia where 97% of its 1.3 million population identify as Catholic – some 1.26 million, making it the country with the highest percentage of Catholics outside of Vatican City.
AP video shot by Syawalludin Zain and Fadlan Syam
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