Suai Media Space

A unique glimpse of a young teenager (Armindo), telling his story in song – accompanying himself on a beautiful little home made ukelele.  Recorded  by the documentary-maker 7 months after the Suai Church Massacre on the verandah of a house rehabilitated for the use of Timor Aid.

The story of the Massacre in song on the stage of the Suai Church on the First Anniversary of the Suai Church Massacre, 6th September, 2000. Performed before the assembled crowd of friends and relatives gathered with the international community in remembrance of Black September 1999.

For those of you who don’t know how talented the youth of Suai are look at this.
For those of you who are cynical about the benefits of YouTube to the world – look at this.
Late last year I uploaded some Timorese youth playing Foin Sae Timor Oan at the Boite Cafe on to YouTube. Not long afterwards a Timorese young person who works under the pseudonym of MusisRamelau and works in Canada, muxed it by taking the music and putting it to his own animation.

In May Musis Ramelau put an animation together to music by Sincustic which is Ego Lemos’s band. Ego is well known to the Australian community. Ego is living and studying English and Agriculture in Melbourne but he entertains Australians everywhere as he is invited to present his music in a range of festivals. The most recent of which I think was the Darwin Festival. Last I heard he was cutting a CD. So we look forward to hearing that soon.

Dili Allstars Concert 2000 Dili

Popular Timorese Band Galaxy featured in video ‘Hangover’ on this site.

YouTube suaimediaspace
http://au.youtube.com/user/suaimediaspace (see favourites)

Some kids singing a good morning song for the video camera, while helping to build a traditional style shelter in front of Timor Aid in Kamenassa in 2000.

Interview with popular East Timorese Band leader Melli about the power of music to move the enemy and other relevant stuff.

Foin Sae Timor was performed at the Boite Cafe Melbourne in November

to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the Santa Cruz Massacre which took

place on the 12th November 1991.