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The purpose of this research is to understand Dawan Tribe in Timor making communication strategy in the multicultural society in Western Timor. For Dawan tribe, Nekafmese ansaofmese indigenous dictum has the function to sustain diversity and harmony inside the society. In addition, Nekafmese Asaofmese also become fundamental part to develop social relationship and customary agreement in Timor culture as the solution of every social problem. Using anxiety and uncertainty management theory (AUM), in this study, twenty individuals consist of traditional leaders, local state apparatus, Dawan tribal community, and another ethnics inhabit the Western Timor. The result reveals that Nekafmese ansaofmese indigenous dictum successfully unite the community. As the native tribe and main population in Western Timor, Dawan tribe coexistence with another native ethnics in Timor as well as another ethnics from another region in Indonesia as settler. Furthermore, Ansaofmese Nekafmese also successfully unite community from different beliefs to live peacefully in Western Timor.