Bromo - Mount Hot In East Java

Bromo - Mount Hot In East Java

 Mount Bromo, who does not know the popularity of the volcano is still active. Mount Bromo is the most famous mountain in East Java with the busiest traffic annually. Mount Bromo has a height of 2392 meters above sea level and within the scope of the four districts, namely Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang and Malang. Mount Bromo mesh natural state is with valleys, canyons, caldera or a sea of ​​sand with an area of ​​approximately 10 Km. Mount Bromo is also included in the area of ​​Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, where there are several attractions that can be visited such as, Mount Semeru, Mount Tengger, Mount Batok, several lakes and Mount Bromo itself. As a still active volcano, Mount Bromo eruption has undergone regular time intervals in the 20 century, which is about 30 years. Largest eruption occurred in 1974 and erupted again in 2010. Besides the beauty stored on Gunung Bromo, Yadna Kasada or Kasodo ceremony that makes Mount Bromo become the main destination goal every year. Kasodo ceremony held every year on the full moon in the month of December or January. The origin of this Kasodo ceremony goes back to the 15th century where told about a princess named Roro Anteng who led the kingdom of Tengger with her husband Joko Seger. The couple had no children and so they prayed and pleaded with the mountain gods to give the child. Of those requests, the gods gave 24 children and require them to sacrifice their children to the 25 to be cast into the volcano. Request god implemented so that even this became a tradition to this day. People Tengger Kasada ceremonies by throwing produce to the Bromo crater as a thanksgiving for the harvest is received and as a plea for a more abundant harvest in the next season. Though fraught with danger, there are some locals who took the risk to go up and down into the crater in an attempt to take back the goods sacrificed that is believed to bring good luck.