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Bali's traditional elephant-fish canoes are disappearing

Bali's carved timber fishing canoes once lined the coast, but only a few remain today.

Why it mattersThis is not only about old boats disappearing. It shows how tourism and coastal change can erase living knowledge, work skills and cultural memory from the communities that made them. Preserving the craft matters if that heritage is to survive beyond museum displays.