From sacred ceremonies and vibrant festivals to local markets and sporting events, experience the living culture of Timor-Leste.
Browse upcoming festivals, ceremonies, and cultural events across Timor-Leste.
Off-road teams from Timor-Leste and Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia, race over two days at Dolok Oan, behind the Cristo Rei statue on the eastern edge of Dili. Start times and spectator arrangements have not yet been announced.
Dates to be confirmed. The large betel nut plantation at Citrana, in Nitibe at the western edge of the Oé-Cusse enclave, hosts a harvest festival each September with customary ceremony, music and markets.
Nearly three weeks of Timorese and international cinema across venues in the capital, with screenings, workshops and talks from emerging Timorese filmmakers.
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Aileu's highland coffee country celebrates the harvest with a day devoted to its prized Arabica. The programme being planned includes a 10K run around Seloi Lake, the Aileu Coffee Quality Competition and a barista competition spotlighting the municipality's growers and roasters, a community tree-seedling planting, market stalls of local produce and food vendors, and live music performances. Aileu sits about an hour south of Dili on the road into the central mountains, making the festival an easy day trip during the September coffee season.
Timor-Leste joins the global celebration of World Tourism Day with showcases of local food, crafts, music and community tourism in Dili and Pante Macassar.
On the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, thousands of pilgrims climb Mount Ramelau through the night to reach the statue of the Virgin for Mass at dawn on Timor-Leste's highest summit (2,963 m).
Communities of Quelicai honour their ancestors with ceremony and devotion beneath Mount Matebian, the sacred 'Mountain of the Spirits' crowned by its statue of Christ the King.
Soibada's hilltop shrine of Our Lady of Aitara, one of the country's oldest Marian sites, draws pilgrims from across Timor-Leste for Mass and processions.
Timor-Leste's annual celebration of its world-class highland Arabica — tastings, barista competitions, producer showcases and music in the capital. 2026 dates to be confirmed (expected November).
Past Events
Kamanasa, Covalima
Lore, Lautém, Lautem
Pante Macassar, Oé-Cusse, Oecusse
Dili, nationwide
Tasitolu, Dili
Throughout Timor-Leste
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