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Tuesday 17 May 2011

Other attractive places in Pulau Besar

1. The Iguana Lake
There is a lake not far from Makam Sultanul Ariffin's that was called iguana lake. You can see large iguana here, however it is not a komodo iguana species that can be discovered in Indonesia. It is local species iguana only the difference it is in bigger sized.

  1. Yunus's Cave
    According to local population story, the cave was formerly become Sheikh Yunus's accommodation. He portrayed as a sufi that withdrawn and isolated life. One week once, he future to settlement area for people in island this to seek food supply.

However, one time, he reported to be no longer appears at this island. This became a question among his friends and local people. They finally go to cave to see Sheikh Yunus's state and find out, he was not there. More strange, a stone which became his seat turned to be white. In fact, the rocks in cave are formerly black. There is various speculation which made by local population on the his dissapearence.

After his absence, the cave often made asceticism place by those who interested in spiritual knowledge. Unable to establish whether the skills they learned are based on to Islamic law or contrary with it. The mystery and cave's uniqueness are a lump of white coloured stone in the cave.

3. Jar Well Breach
There is various version of the story that is associated with this well. One of it is about an old grandmother which made her jar to keep her treasure that she achieved the through her career as midwife and medicament herbal dealer in the island.

One day, the jar was to be stolen and when the jar was lifted, its suddenly breach. Immediately the property that kept in jar turned into the water and jar become such as a well.

To date, many people try groping their hands into the well. The state certainly such as groping a jar. Formerly, this well are located really in the sea foot. The water feeling such as fresh water that had been old stagnant, but odourless until potable. After this area turned into golf course, a stone structure was built round jar well, until dispel its originally shape.

Ostensibly, there is those are 'lucky' can get away with grandmother estate bequest the such as jewellery, old coin and so on when groping their hand into the well.

4. Fairy’s WellThis wellis located in the Marina Beach Resort right side areas and position certainly near to coast. There is mangrove trees and also screw pine tree around him. In much well in this island, the water in this well is most clear. According to locals story, the well was called fairy’s well because fisherman that often sheltered in this area during bad weather always overheard a voice of womens enjoyed themselves in the well. Because the well position where believed situated in fairy village area. Not far from the well, there’s are a lake that called fairy lake.
Of late , the well become enormously popular among Pulau Besar tourist. Most of them allegedly carrying certain wish. And perform spiritual ceremonies, there’s a lot of incantation package that wrapped with yellow cloth that were hanged in trees bushes surrounding the well. This act are believed was made by those who practicing Hindu’s.

Long Size Tomb
All major mausoleums remains in this island have a long size and exceeding human high rate. This could be witnessed in Makam Sultanul Ariffin's, Sharifah Rodziah, Tok Putih and Tok Janggut.

There is various stories that has been associated with the size of this tomb. However, it wasn’t strange. This is because, in the olden days people indeed like to extended the size of the grave belongs to someone that have names in society to respect the merit and a status of the deceased. This can be viewed on other noble and royalty’s tomb in Malay Archipelango.

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