Tempe Lake, The World's Largest Fresh Water Fish Producer

on March 14, 2012

Lake Tempe
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Did you know that Indonesia has the lake's largest producer of freshwater fish in the world? If the curious come to Wajo, South Sulawesi. There is the Lake Tempe is a producer of the largest freshwater fish in the world.
Tempe lake, behind the name is unique enough, it turned out to Tempe Lake is a lake the largest freshwater fish producer in the world. Cool! Located in District Tempet, Wajo, South Sulawesi, Tempe Lake has an area of ​​approximately 13,000 hectares.

According to information released Kemenparekraf Tourism Net, the lake is a lake fish producer in the world's largest freshwater lake in the bottom of this because there are many sources of fish food. For being the largest producer of fish, Lake Tempe has been a source of livelihood for local people.

In addition to freshwater fish consumption, Lake Tempe also has a freshwater fish, such as Celebes Rainbow fish that marketing has reached Europe and America.

If a trip to this lake, you can visit the house floating population in the middle of the lake. Funnily enough, hundreds of houses floating above the lake is dotted with colorful flags.

Of the floating house, tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery of sunrise and sunset from the same position. In addition, you can also see various kinds of birds, flowers, and water grass that grows on the lake. When night falls, tourists will be fascinated by the beauty of the moon.
house on the lake tempe
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If you come in mid-August, you can see a special ritual performed routinely at Lake Tempe every 23 August. On that date, held a ceremony to purify the lake or also called Maccaera Tappareng.

Upacar starts with cutting the cow is led by the chairman of the fishermen. On that day, all participants of the ceremony dressed in traditional clothes bodo or Bugis.

The event was also enlivened with many attractions such as the traditional boat races, boat races decorative, traditional kite race, the race beating mortar, and other interesting attractions. The most unique attraction in dance bissu Maccaera Tappareng is played by transvestites.

To get to the location of Lake Tempe Sengkang, the capital Wajo, you can travel using public transport microbus toward the River kind Walennae. Walennae River, followed by use of a motor boat for 30 minutes to Lake Tempe.
sitution of lake tempe
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