Welcome to the portal of the amazing artisans of Timor-Leste!
Meet the artisans
Meet the fantastic groups of artisans that keep our ancestral Timorese culture alive! And get inspired with their amazing stories and handicrafts and learn where you can find them!
Artisans
Handicrafts
Check the products and the artisans by district
Atauro
The Unique Timorese Culture
Timor-Leste has a rich cultural heritage and, in handicrafts, a great diversity of styles and techniques despite the great destruction of sites, objects and cultural records during past conflicts.
An amazing culture
Our Success Stories
Cultural Entrepreneurism
Know our handicrafts
Search our growing database of handicrafts and discovery who is producing and selling the handicrafts you love!
Art Sanan-Rai Inovativo
Created in 2015 by Salvador Serpa with the aim of developing the talent of young people.
Arte Vida
Arte Vida is a company of Casa Vida Timor-Leste (CVTL) created in 2014 by foreigners (Brazil).
See what else our artisans are up to with their handicrafts
Empreza Di’ak’s
Trainining Materials
ED has generously decided to share at no cost with all artisans and civil society its great training materials developed in the last 10 years! This way, ED wants to keep support cultural entrepreneurship and empower women in vulnerable communities!