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Kusu Island was known as Pulau Tembakul in the bygone era. It was accepted as the burial site of immigrants who died in quarantine on St. John's and Lazarus Islands.
Kusu Island is a major attraction in Singapore. Every year many devotees throng he Island shrines from far flung places. The famous shrine in the island's Da Ba Gong Temple (or Temple of the Merchant God) receives 130000 worshippers on the ninth month of the lunar calendar. The island boasts two swimming lagoons thus making it a popular destination for day-trippers to enjoy the sun and sand.
It is said that before Kusu was domesticated, it had a shape like a turtle. It is made up of two ridges on a reef, one ridge the head, and the other (where the hilltop is now) the back of the turtle.
Kusu is ringed by coral reefs with a mystifying variety of hard and soft corals. Commonly viewed animals include clown anemone fish, anemone shrimps, and flocks of other colorful fishes and crabs are seldom seen on other Southern Shores.
It is believed that Kusu Island once saved two shipwrecked ship and its sailors by taking the shape of a giant turtle. Since then every sailor passing by the Island makes a halt as a tradition.
Kusu Island features three Malay shrines or "keramats" and a Chinese temple. Nearby, the Tortoise Sanctuary is a loving home for hundreds of tortoises. Daily ferry service leaves the Santosa Ferry terminal for Kusu Island Tour.
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