Tulamben: Enchantment Event Underwater Archaelogy

Pekraman Village is located in Tulamben, Kubu Sub District, Karangasem Regency, Bali. Tulamben area previously never been exposed to heat when the overflow of lava eruption of Mount Agung in 1963, so that the land consists of barren lava rock and rock with large and small sizes that can not be covered by the plant productive.

Plants that are suitable and can grow palm species, such as coconut and palm. Inadequate environment is causing some people to be more livelihood of fishermen and others who wander into other areas of fertile.

Behind the natural limitations of Tulamben, apparently saved the pearl buried in the seabed, a vessel owned by the United States are named USAT Liberty. Liberty is a cargo ship carrying war equipment is crippled by a torpedo Japanese submarine I-166 belongs, in the Lombok Strait on January 11, 1942 in World War II. The ship is then pulled in the direction of Singaraja, but in his journey around Tulamben ship directed to the beach to prevent sinking.

At Mount Agung erupted in 1963 the ship was eventually sunk due to shocks that hit and getting pushed into the ocean rather deep. Most of the hull terurug by Lava. The ship was wrecked not far from the coast of Tulamben, about 15 meters from the shore or a point 50L0344909 UTM 9085192.

In Tulamben area, in addition to ship USAT Liberty, in some locations there are also the spread of coral reefs is Tulamben Drof-off, Stone Kelebit, and Cape Muntik. The barge was eventually became an artificial reef at a depth of 20 meters is overgrown with plants and a habitat for various marine biota.

West of the ship or in front of the ship there is patchy distribution of types of coral reefs is overgrown by sponges and several small coral colonies. In the east there is the Paradise Reef coral reef distribution called Tulamben Drof-off. So called because there are coral reefs that grow in this location depth contours established perpendicular to the steep wall formation through the depth of 20-70 meters.

At the time of tourism in Bali started to develop, namely the 1980s proved the existence of this ship has provided tremendous blessing for the community Tulamben. This ship has become one of the world of inspiration for lovers of diving to make it as an object of fascination and underwater tourism. As objects and attractions, this area evolved into a new area of tourism industry mainstay East Bali area.

The impact of the utilization of underwater heritage has resulted in foreign exchange and improve the welfare of the community and surrounding areas. Finally, local communities feel the need to preserve these objects to prevent damage caused by human error, so the rules are created in Bali is known by the term-awig awig.

Awig-awig the ban list should not be fishing at a radius of 100 meters from the location of the sinking ship, the prohibition for anyone to take or use the remnants of the broken vessel for commercial purposes, the prohibition to destroy the coral reefs that grow in the vessel walls will impact damage to the vessel which has become the habitat of coral reefs, the prohibition took the stones that surround the beach area. Violation of the provisions of the relevant restrictions will be excluded from its surroundings including the activities of religious ritual.