Lovina Dolphin Statue
Jumping dolphin sculpture on a pillar, honoring the spinner dolphins that built a fishing village into a resort.
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Lovina Dolphin Statue's guide opens with Anak Agung Panji Tisna, a Balinese king who converted to Christianity and gave up his throne in 1947 rather than keep a crown bound to Hindu ritual. Six years later he built a three-room guesthouse on this empty coast and named it Lovina, a word he invented by fusing love and Indonesia. Listen for how fishermen who once just fished began spotting wild dolphin pods at dawn nearby.
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