Charm of Mount Bromo in East Java
Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit / Old Javanese: Brahma, one of the main Hindu Gods), is a volcano is still active and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java. As a tourist attraction, Mount Bromo become attractive because of its status as the volcano is still active.Bromo has a height of 2392 meters above sea level is located in four regions, namely Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Malang Regency.
Mount Bromo mesh body shape between the valleys and canyons with a caldera or a sea of sand covering approximately 10 square kilometers.Mount Bromo has a crater with a diameter of ± 800 meters (north-south) and ± 600 meters (east-west). While the danger area of a circle with a radius of 4 km from the central crater of Bromo.Bromo-Semeru National Park is the only conservation area in Indonesia which has a unique form of sea sand covering 5250 hectares, is located at an altitude of 2392 m above sea level.Bromo-Semeru mountain, a mountain that is still active and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java.
Tourist area is promising a beauty that you can not find elsewhere. From the top of the volcano is still active, you can enjoy the expanse of ocean sand covering 10 square kilometers, and witness the splendor of Mount Semeru that rose through the clouds. You can also look beautiful sun moved out of the dusk.In addition to witnessing the beauty of the panorama offered by the Bromo-Semeru, we will also be invited to see the ceremony of the local population.
For residents of Bromo Tengger tribe, Mount Brahma (Bromo) believed to be a sacred mountain. Once a year the community held a ceremony Yadnya Tengger Kasada or Kasodo. This ceremony is held at a temple located at the foot of Mount Bromo and proceed north to the top of Mount Bromo. The ceremony was held at midnight to early morning every full moon around 14 or 15 in Kasodo (tenth) according to the Javanese calendar. pacara Kesodo a ceremony to beg or ask for an abundant harvest starting reinforcements and a remedy for various diseases, in particular by offering to throw offerings into the crater of Mount Bromo. When the procession took place, the Tengger community other rollicking down the cliffs of the crater and the offerings are thrown into the crater, as a symbol of blessing from the Almighty.
