Atoni

The Atoni (also known as the Atoin Meto, Atoin Pah Meto or Dawan) people are an ethnic group on Timor, in Indonesian West Timor and the East Timorese enclave of Oecussi-Ambeno. They number around 844,030. Their language is Uab Meto.

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Ethnic group.group: Atoni peopleAtoin Meto / Dawan
Ethnic group.image: 250px
Ethnic group.caption: Atoni warrior priest.
Ethnic group.population: 844,030
Ethnic group.popplace: Timor Island: (West Timor): 761,000: 80,000Others:: 3,030
Ethnic group.langs: Uab Meto, Indonesian, Portuguese, Tetum, and others
Ethnic group.rels: Christianity (predominantly), Islam, folk religion
Ethnic group.related: BunakHelongMambai

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Population: 933093
Image: COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De meo voorvechter en priester van Oekabiti in oorlogskostuum met andere atoni's TMnr 10005969.jpg

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Commons category: Atoin Meto
native label: suku Dawan

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The Atoni live in villages consisting of 50 to 60 people, each village is surrounded with stone fence or shrubs, with fields and cattle cages on the periphery. The houses usually form a circular cluster, or following the road after the introduction of a road.