Serangan is a small island that lies off the Balinese coastline just south of Sanur and has long played an important role in local religious history. Despite its size, there are actually four temple compounds found on the island and Pura Sakenan is considered one of the holiest sites of worship for Balinese Hindu’s.

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Serangan is a small island that lies off the Balinese coastline just south of Sanur and has long played an important role in local religious history. Despite its size, there are actually four temple compounds found on the island and Pura Sakenan is considered one of the holiest sites of worship for Balinese Hindu’s.

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Serangan, a small island lies just off Bali southern coast near Sanur, connected to the main island with a dusty bridge-road. Serangan has an area of only 180 acres and a population abut 6000, and famously known principally for its important Sakenan Temple.

Serangan is a dry island, too dry for wet farming but its residents grow corn, maize, peanuts and beans. Some islanders earn living by making shell trinkets to sell to the tourist, working in the fishing company and civil servants.

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The issue on green turtle conservation in Bali had long been solved. There is no turtle satay seller on the roadside of Denpasar. Serangan island is no longer a “killing field” of thousands turtle but a conservation center for hundreds of green turtle, a Turtle education center was also established there, on legal ground there is a Bali Governor Decree No. 243, passed in 1999 in Bali, revoking the quota for green turtle take in Bali. The priests and theologians urged people to reduce their consumption of turtle meat and instead replace turtle meat in rituals with drawings or turtle-shaped rice cakes. However, something is missing, the awareness of Balinese people on turtle conservation.

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BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, Sep. 15 -/E-Wire/– Seacology is pleased to announce that Ketut Sarjana Putra has been selected to receive the 2006 Seacology Prize for his efforts to protect endangered sea turtles in his native Indonesia. The Prize is awarded annually to an indigenous islander for exceptional achievement in preserving the environment and culture of any of the world’s 100,000-plus islands. Mr. Putra will be awarded the $10,000 Prize on October 18, 2006 at a ceremony in San Francisco, California.

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Large, tall puppets representing humanlike creatures, supported by a man who carries the puppet’s clothing and mask on a wooden frame over his head. This dance play is staged in an annual festival on Serangan island.

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