TALAUD 

Talaud is a small town in north Sulawesi. It is so far on the border Philippines. Talaud or in our traditional language, it is called Porodisa or paradise. There have many tourism locations especially in the beach and some interesting traditional. One of the tourism location the names is Sara island. The island is two islands in front of my island. You can go with rowboat in twenty minute or you can go with speed boat in five minute. We go to the island every weekend. It is a relaxing place for us. There have beautiful scenery with white sand beach that very smooth. The beach is beautiful because the water is very clear and you can see the colorful of coral reefs. My friends and I are swimming, diving or snorkeling in there. Its place is very interesting. One of the interesting traditional the name is Mane’e ceremony. You can catch the fish with your hand. Mane’e ceremony will be held once in 6 month. The first is you can use rectangular net made of coconut leaves and forest ropes. This net is made by the cooperation of all citizens so that the length can reach three kilometers. The morning before the ceremony, this net is brought in a rollicking to be propagated into the tidal sea. All the ceremony participants have been on the beach. When mid-day the nets that have been installed are then pulled to the edge while directing the fish to the pool in the beach. The fish's spinning takes about four to five hours. And when the fish have collected, the villagers immediately catch it by using a sieve or with empty hands.  Many visitors come were interested with the interesting place or our traditional. So Talaud for me like a paradise in the world.

you can visit this link to see the beautiful of sara island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qACm_cviHN8

you cann visit this link to see the interestiing of Mane'e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjSzQJHslCo