Profile of gateway to Timor filmed<\/p>\n
ATAMBUA, East Nusa Tenggara: A profile of Belu regency bordering
\nthe newly independent East Timor will be featured in a film
\nentitled Atambua, Gateway to Timor, which will also show tourist,
\ncultural and industrial centers in the area.<\/p>\n
Belu deputy regent Bria Yohanes said in Atambua on Monday that
\nat least 12 potential places of interest in the regency, such as
\ntourist spots, cultural attractions, handicraft factories and
\nnatural resources, would be covered in the film.<\/p>\n
Among the cultural highlights are the cave of Lourdes in
\nTubaki, visited annually by thousands of Catholics in October,
\nand the Tubaki fountain on a monument built by the Dutch in the
\ndistrict of Central Malaka.<\/p>\n
In Lamaknen district opposite East Timor, mining may figure
\nprominently with its abundant resources of gold, gypsum, copper,
\nlime and white clay, as well as marble deposits in Raihat and
\ncrystals in Central Malaka.<\/p>\n
Ceramics and woven fabrics with Malaka motifs are part of
\nBelu's handicrafts featured in the film which will cost over Rp
\n200 million to produce. --Antara<\/p>",
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